Amateur film shot by British Army Doctor showing a variety of scenes in and around Mysore (Southern India) including festival scenes in Mysore (Dussehra), Mysore Zoo.

Colour: train along tracks; sign - "Mysore Sandal Soap"; Cauvery Falls B&W: ...

A record of the Thaw Asiatic Expedition. The Maharajah of Mysore and the Prime Minister. The Krishna Raja Saga Dam and the Gometswara sanctuary.

Oceanliner voyage with large number of small children showing how they were kept amused on board. Scenes of unidentified large oceanside town on Indian Ocean (East Africa or India).

Mrs Chisman has her horse brought from the stables at her colonial bungalow. Her groom in attendance. She gallops the horse over the 'Downs'. Good shots of the Indian servants.

Meeting of the 'Fox Hunters' with their pack ...

The manufacture of kerosene tins in an Indian factory.

Opening shot of palm trees and bullock cart carrying kerosene tins (62). Villages using empty tins for carrying water from the river, flattening the tins out and lining the roofs of ...

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WINGS OVER SINGAPORE NAVY REPELS ATTACK ON CONVOY INDIAN TRAINEES IN BRITAIN FALL OF ADDIS ABABA MORE DISPATCHES FROM THE WESTERN DESERT BISMARK SUNK

A short film on the expansion of the Royal Indian Navy in the 1930s in both shipping and personnel strength.

Heavy (RN ?) warships at sea; the sloop HMIS Indus in the pool of London (by Tower Bridge); a parade; new ...

A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of "an outside" threat (obviously Japan).

The film, like the pattern of strength it seeks to portray, is based on Singapore ("one ...

A picture, early in the war, of the armed solidarity of the British Empire.

The film serves to illustrate its opening theme: "the Alarm sounded, and the many peoples of the Empire sprang to answer the call to service ...

Life in the Indian Army Unit shown is possibly the 15th Punjab Regiment).

The day begins with reveill and scenes inside the barracks. The parade ground - physical exercise. Various forms of training are shown - ...

Reel One: The film opens with the title "WOMEN + WAR" with an illustration of St George and the Dragon, and credits the photography to Mahatta Ltd. Caption "An amateur production arranged by Daphne Goldney Cast The Women War Workers Rawalpindi and ...

A brief look at an Indian Army Regiment (15th Punjab).

Material includes reveill; arms drill; bayonet practice; signals training (morse by flag, heliograph, shutter etc.); medical care; post office; pay; ...

A tribute to the Indian troops who had fought in the Libyan campaign.

Over film of Indian troops marching near Pyramids, commentator speaks of Indians serving in many areas overseas but especially in Libya: this ...

The work and training of the (Royal Bombay) Sappers and Miners; film stresses the military importance of their work as the "lifeline of the army" and the value to the men of their acquired skills once the war is over ...

A survey of the involvement of India's Home Front in the war effort.

An opening sequence of blackout, ARP practice and maps showing India's far-flung strategic frontiers (Egypt to Singapore) suggests the sort of ...

The Indian contribution to the war effort.

Titles. Long lines of Indian troops advancing towards camera. A busy Indian street, with statue of British monarch visible in the background. Billboard with cartoon picture of Churchill saying, 'To ...

For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BURMA STAFFORD CRIPPS RETURNS FROM INDIA SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS AND GANDHI ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ENTHRONED COLONEL OF THE GRENADIERS COMMANDO: THE ...

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Amateur film of the construction of a road in Assam from Ledo to Assam by the Indian Tea Association.

Pan over hill terrain showing the route of a road under construction. A European in shorts standing by a lorry. Pan over hill ...

The situation in India in 1942.

Titles. Elephants heading along a road. A wide plain in India. Aeroplanes flying in formation and dropping bombs; Indians looking up in the air for the aircraft: 'to no people has war come with more shock and ...

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include MADAGASCAR. ON TO ANTANANARIVO CAMEL TRANSPORT IN THE DESERT MRS. ROOSEVELT SEES FOR HERSELF PRIME MINISTER AND GENERAL SMUTS AT DOVER TOUGH TACTICS CHINESE ARMY IN INDIA ...

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Tour round India by Chiang Kai-shek and his wife.

The film opens by giving a brief background to the war in China, and then follows the couple on their tour showing parades, press calls and so on.