START 10:16:29 A morning parade for seven African NCOs and 27 Other Ranks wearing white cook's uniform serving with 10th Field Bakery. They march to the camp bakery and hold out their hands for inspection by three British officers, probably the camp ...
START 10:33:25 Two Ford 98T 3-ton lorries deliver the performers and prefabricated theatre pavilion belonging to the East Africa Command's African Entertainment Unit to an East African Command camp somewhere in Kenya. Members of the entertainment ...
START 10:39:12 An armed African sentry stands guard at the steel cantilever road and railway bridge spanning the River Nile shortly after it leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja in Uganda, eighty kilometres east of Kampala. An official notice sternly ...
START 10:49:13 Views filmed in Diego Suarez, a large naval anchorage on the northern tip of Madagascar, showing a plinth on which there is a copper plate dedicated to Marshal Joffre (1852-1931), Hero of the Battle of the Marne in September 1914 and ...
START 10:26:00 Views of the jetty at the Headquarters of East African Naval Force (EANF) at Kilindini, Mombasa, as a small motor Royal Navy launch is seen arriving and departing; a Royal Navy armed trawler is partly visible two hundred yards or so ...
START 10:00:00 Scenes at a coming-of-age ceremony for young Masai males (a continuation of the colour film scenes in AYY 1179). Watched by other members of their clan, young warriors armed with spears perform the 'adumu' or jumping dance. The ...
START 10:18:45 Close-ups of an aerial photograph or relief map of the Zambezi River and the Victoria Falls on the border between Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). An AEC Regal bus with Victoria Falls and Livingstone ...
A party of high-ranking Chinese officers visit Malta on their way to Britain.
The party includes Major General Wang Pia Chenk, General Yang Chieh, Colonel Hoo Kwang Shee ...
Injured male and female guerilla fighters are brought to Malta from the Dalmatian coast after being injured fighting for the Allies. Some are very young.
The hospital ...
2 Feb. 1944. Dockyard sequence. Damaged sheds and docks. Men clear away rubble. A Maltese welder working inside a blitzed shop. Landing craft being repaired in a dry dock. Workmen riveting. Workers at ...
Ceremony of the presentation of the Sword of Honour to Lord Gort by the people of Malta and Gozo.
Lord Gort is driven from the Palace in Valletta through the streets of ...
Celebrations at the opening of a Yugoslav camp at Binjeema. Major Jerko Juricic reads a speech and the flag is blessed by a Maltese Army padre. It is handed over to a Yugoslav sailor who hoists it. The ...
6 April 1944. The British destroyer Echo is formally handed over to the Royal Hellenic Navy and becomes HMHS Navarinon. The ceremony is presided over by Vice Admiral Hamilton. The ship's companies of ...
21 May 1944. Monsignor Gonzi inspects the Guard of Honour of the King's Own Malta Regiment at the Palace Square, Valetta. He gets into his carriage, which passes through the streets on the way to ...
5 Aug. 1944. From outside the Palace in Valletta, Lord Gort is driven slowly through the main street accompanied by the Band Clubs and an enthusiastic crowd.
6 Aug. 1944. Lord Gort pauses at the ...
18 Aug 1944. American and British escort carriers and destroyers enter the Grand Harbour, Valletta prior to the invasion of the south of France. Various shots of English, French and American ships. ...
25 Sep. 1944. Sir Edmond Schreiber lands at Luqa Airfield to take over the appointment of Governor and Commander in Chief. He is greeted by Vice Admiral Hamilton and introduced to the heads of the ...
13 Oct 1944. Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Schrieber disembarks from the launch at Mjarr in Gozo and is met by the Commissioner Mr Montanarro. They drive away. They walk from the cathedral to the courts. ...
Official production highlights the war effort of Southern Rhodesia during the Second World War.
The film opens with a montage of images detailing the aggression of Hitler's Germany and the outbreak of war "the lights ...
START 10:00:09 The film's opening titles over which it introduces all eight members of an Australian infantry section - Private A N McGregor, Lance-Corporal A C Pierson, Privates F C Northcott, A B Graffin, M J Driver, Corporal R A Box and ...
Opening with a map of the area, the film depicts aspects of village life as local women carry baskets and grind millet. The living quarters of the family are shown, while a compound floor is hardened. There follows a more detailed description of the ...
(The Museum's copy of this film has lost virtually all the soundtrack). A film showing how the arid terrain of the Punjab was 'conquered' by the application of irrigation, agricultural research and hydro-electric power ...
How the Allied troops of Paiforce (Persia and Iraq Force), created in 1942, carried Allied supplies overland to Russia from the Persian Gulf.
(Reel 1) In 1942 Russia needed supplies badly. Britain and the US ...
Documentary compilation explains the strategy behind the advance of Allied forces from Calabria to Rome and shows the major events of the campaign.
Entry into Rome on June 4 by US and ...
