22 February 1942: short panning shot over camouflaged tented camp on the edge of the airfield at Magwe, Burma, ending with group shot of personnel of RAF Squadron 113 outside of one of the larger tents posing for the cameraman. Individual shots of ...
Magwe, Burma, 23 February 1942. Aircraft and personnel of RAF Squadron 113. Aircrew in the back of a lorry driving to Bristol Blenheim Mk IV aircraft. Various self-conscious shots of aircrew fastening themselves into their parachutes and climbing in ...
I. Burma, late February 1942. Mid shots of fires in the distance, long shots of aircraft in the sky (poor quality), probably footage of a bombing raid on Magwe airfield.
II. Magwe, Burma, 27 February 1942. Brief shot of the cameraman's (?) ...
At the Burma Athletic Association in Rangoon, capital of Burma, an athletic meeting is held and teams from various military formations compete for the ...
Hero Tracks down the traitor betraying convoy movements to the enemy.
In forward areas on the Burma front, a ...
Funeral of Sawbwa (ruler) of Hsipaw state, in the Northern Shan States of Burma, with parade by Gurkha Battalion (8th ?) who fire volley over coffin. Also scenes of gambling, presumably ...
Men of the Burma Intelligence Corps order civilians from their village of Namma in northern Burma before British troops of 36th Division pass through ...
A DC3/C47 taking off from an airstrip and landing again. A group of Bhuddist monks (sayadaws).
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Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.
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Offcuts? from the amateur films of Colonel Hodgkinson in Burma.
Aerial view of settlements near a lake, Burma? A long rowing boat, with about twenty rowers and a gong at ...
Myitkyina captured 3 August 1944, Bhamo December 1944.
Cu mules. Soldiers at slope arms, march off. Mules groomed each other. Men preparing raft. Wide shot river. On board raft, ...
Shorter version with different shots, mules and muleteer. Putting harness on mules, loading up. Briefing gurkhas. Mule train. Crossing bridge in mist. On board raft going down river. Rapids. Panning shots of ...
This amateur film by Colonel Hodgkinson appears to be reconstructed scenes of BNA exercises in the jungle.
Two Burmese soldiers, one plays the bugle. Burma National Army ( ...
Film about the Allied victory in Burma.
Introduction briefly outlines the geography and climate of Burma, and the extent of the Japanese conquests. The film then describes the establishment of SEAC under Mountbatten, ...
Amateur film of Victory Parade Day in Rangoon, Burma (15 June 1945). The Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten takes the salute of the ...
Amateur film of Victory Parade Day in Rangoon, Burma (15 June 1945). The Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten inspects the representative ...
Amateur film of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten taking the salute of the representative services at the Naval Review, Rangoon (17 ...
Sync slates 64 to 66 from Burma Victory (not used in final production) with Mountbatten talking to officers about the excellence of the troops in India, and troops with band playing marching past the camera.
Four Burmese men, wearing only shorts, walk into shot and pose for the camera standing behind the weights, a white bridge over a river in the background. One man stays in shot and lifts the weights while ...
Titles (2). Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (50). Boats on Irrawaddy River and (98) market on river bank (106). Mountain and river (118). Market on river bank (124). Sunset (128). Village (130). Men in stream prospecting (139). Village ...
Liberated local people perform traditional dances for British and Indian troops at Pagan, central Burma.
Line of Burmese civilians in elaborate ...
After the retreating Japanese abandon a trainload of foodstuffs in the face of the advancing 5th Indian Division near Pyu, Burma, local civilians are ...
Scenes from a refugee camp at Rangiya (Rangyia) in Assam, India.
Burmese civilians, including men, women and children, cross frame from right to ...
Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander of 14th Army, is honoured with performances of traditional Burmese entertainments at Monywa, northwest ...
Scenes of Burmese civilian life in a large village in the Arakan region of Burma, five miles from Kindaunggyi, on the banks of the Tanlwe Chaung (river ...
For the first time since the liberation of Rangoon, Burma, almost a year previously, the people of the city celebrate the Water Festival with lavish ...
After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian nationalists, the village of Bekassi (Bekasi) in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia ...
In Surabaya a large pall of smoke hangs over a burning kampong or village. Two Chinese civilians approach carrying their belongings; the leading man carries a small Chinese flag to ...
Most of the film features the Birches and friends young and old at leisure on the beaches of Sussex bay on the Freetown peninsula in Sierra Leone. Some sequences demonstrate its beautiful setting; others also show native settlements ...
Various scenes in Sierra Leone. Aerial sequence along a jungle river with waterfalls shows us increasing western development nearing the coast. Views of pools by the river used to wash for diamonds; views of a market; views of steam ...
Scenes in Cawnpore 1942: Snake charmers Auxiliary Force Camp (Home Guard). Aircraft crash (Lockheed "Lysander") at Cawnpore Aerodrome. Self on bike at home, Albert Road. Bathing in the River Ganges 1943: At Simla (a hill station ...
Scenes in Cawnpore
Scenes in Cawnpore (Kanpur): Cricket on Green Park.
Outside the bungalow at 13 Albert Road
"Ordnance Club" secretary and staff.
Friends
At Simla in the Himalayas 1944-45.
Government House and views ( ...
Monkey wallahs in Cawnpore (Kanpur). Agra: the Taj Mahal getting a face lift. Agra: the fort Ranikhet - a hill station in the Himalayas. Summer bungalow Cawnpore: goats with servants' children. 1948 Memorial service to Mahatama ...
Presentation of a Victoria Cross to Ghurkha Corporal Naik Agamsing Rai by Lord Wavell, after heroic action in Burma, June 1944.
A group shot of members of the (first) Indian cabinet, although, other than close-ups of Nehru and Lord Mountbatten, only one or two other faces are seen .
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Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's ...
INTEREST. How cacao beans are cultivated in Trinidad.
Credits (26). Shot of the coastline of Trinidad, which lies off the north coast of South America (48). The cultivation of cacao, known in manufactured form as cocoa, is the ...
The friends of a murdered man go out into the hotels and bazaars of Calcutta to find the murderer.
A crowd of people at a railway station, Acharya J B Kripalani in the centre. People sit in the street selling goods. A brief shot of a fakir? View of the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Southampton area. Canteen scenes.
Indicative extract from recording: Unidentified Serviceman: Howdy there! I think your husband ...
Fragment only. Sergeant George Roland ("Roly") Plews, standing beside Gunner Burnell, sends a message home from India to his wife Elsie and his mother in Newcastle, saying he is healthy and has just travelled one thousand miles to record his greeting ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area (including Bolton). External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
