Survey of the British Empire in 1944 and the future problems with which it is likely to be faced.
Opening Titles. 'No 1 Tenth Year. The March of Time', 'In this issue. British Imperialism'. Film opens with footage of British and US troops; ...
Survey of the British Empire in 1944 and the future problems with which it is likely to be faced.
Opening Titles. 'No 1 Tenth Year. The March of Time', 'In this issue. British Imperialism'. Film opens with footage of British and US troops; ...
Infantry of the Assam Rifles seen preparing various traps during jungle warfare training at Sadiya, Assam, India.
Wide shot; two soldiers walk ...
Indian troops of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division) seen on patrol in the area of the Tiddim-Kalemyo road, Burma, ...
Edited footage showing joint American and British military police activities in Calcutta, India.
City scene showing a stationary tram and a herd ...
START 10:16:40 A view of a conical hill or kopje overlooking Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley and shots showing two Royal Navy officers, assisted by an African guide, scaling the peak and the panorama from this vantage point overlooking the south ...
Muddy frontline conditions are emphasised through shots of airmen wading through waterlogged airfield perimeter trenches, and later pushing a ...
At a Royal Air Force airstrip in the ...
At an airfield in India Lord Louis ...
Lord Louis ...
Lord Louis ...
Reel 1, part 1, shot by Captain Schopp: Shot ...
Lord Louis ...
Seen in footage by ...
In Colombo Harbour, ...
Brief film showing vehicles of 5th Indian Division struggling in muddy conditions on the Tiddim Road, Burma.
Vehicles negotiating muddy conditions ...
At a Remount Depot and Veterinary Hospital, mules are treated and trained ready for service on the Burma front.
A line of mules; each is held by ...
India' s most popular instruments.
Title card: 'Musical Instruments of India' over picture of instruments. Rolling script: 'Part of the great heritage of India is the rich variety of her musical instruments. There are more than 500 different ...
In the north east of India, a group of visitors from Bhutan. Tiger hunt. Temple in Hyderabad.
Naga refugees shown tending a church garden and graveyard (including British graves), and rebuilding their shattered village of Ukhrul in Manipur, ...
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 ...
In northern Burma, ...
Reconstructed ...
Part 1, shot on 2 January 1944: Various shots of a snake charmer, ...
At Pinwe in northern Burma, British gunners of 36th Division (probably 178th Field Regiment Royal Artillery) dig an emplacement for a 25-pounder field ...