A brief picture of the training of India's army and a record of its service overseas through the first half of the Second World War.
Commentary recalls WW1 service and inter-war status as a frontier force, over shots ...
Behind-the-scenes in the Indian Air Force.
The film shows: aircraft in flight; a newspaper headline stating 'three Japanese planes shot down over Calcutta'; maintenance of aircraft; workshop work; class ...
India.
A map of India shows the provinces, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. The commentary introduces this edition devoted entirely to matters Indian by stressing the contrasts found in the landscape between ...
Gulmarg, Autumn
The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its greatest danger") and determination ("Preparing for the attack which must come").
Film stresses the global nature of the war, and ...
British newsreel covering the British retreat through Burma, an exclusive report by British Paramount cameraman Maurice Ford.
Opening titles "Burma. A War Correspondent's Despatch. Film and Story by Maurice Ford". A ...
I. "News from Ceylon." Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, and Sir Henry Turnbull, Officer in Command, are escorted by elephants when they visit an ancient Buddhist temple at Kelaniya. Monks watch the procession. The Admiral ...
Part one of a double issue (part two - 'India at War') dealing with India's political state while under threat of Japanese invasion.
The film briefly outlines the various factions - in particular the ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: The QUEEN HONOURS A.T.S. DIAMOND JUBILEE OF BOYS' BRIGADE ITALY LORD WAVELL LEAVES FOR INDIA GREAT U.S. AIR ASSAULT
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: SOUTH AFRICA COAST DEFENCE PRESENTING SEAFIRES LIGHTER MOMENTS IN THE DESERT MANNED BY WOMEN KENYA POLICE AT FOOTBALL INDIANS IN TUNIS R.A.F. TREBLES WEIGHT OF AVERAGE ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: FIFTH ARMY ACROSS THE VOLTURNO PERSONALITIES: LORD LINLITHGOW, LORD LOUIS, MR.EDEN (LORD LINLITHGOW ARRIVES BACK IN ENGLAND) (LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN ARRIVES IN INDIA) (MR. ...
An optimistic Vichy/German newsreel produced just before Stalingrad and Alamein is used as a basis for ironic British commentary following those events.
Opening titles explain that the newsreel was ...
I. VICEROY VISITS EASTERN FRONT - Pictures of His Excellency The viceroy, Lord Linlithgow's flying visit to the Eastern Army operational Areas and RAF bases.
I. VICEROY VISITS EASTERN ...
I. INDIA'S LAST TRIBUTE TO SIR SIKANDAR HYAT KHAN - Showing the funeral procession of Punjab's late Premier.
I. SIR SIKANDAR HYAT KHAN - India mourns the great loss of Sir Sikandar Hyat ...
PROPAGANDA. The way in which Indian hill tribes make contributions to the War effort.
An annual religious festival accompanied by music and dancing is something the hillmen look forward to with pleasure (182). The years between the ...
TRAVELOGUE. Jaipur is the "Pink City" and the capital of Rajasthan in India. This travelogue shows the State Parade including armoured elephants and the State Coach; craftsmen at work producing hammered brass trays and ornamental pieces, ...
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CANADA'S PREMIER ADDRESSES BRITISH PARLIAMENT JAPS TRAPPED AT IMPHAL BATTLE IN BURMA 4TH HOME GUARD ANNIVERSARY ROUND-THE-CLOCK ALLIED AIR OFFENSIVE
Natural rubber production in Travancore.
Travelogue across part of South India with specific interest in the temples of the region. Both the beauty and the significance of the architecture is emphasised in a commentary set above an Indian score. Seen in the film are paddy fields ...
Patients board a Handley Page Halifax aircraft for repatriation to the UK at Alipore airfield, Calcutta.
An RAF Avro Lancaster, fitted with ...
Reel 1: Supermarine Spitfire with control tower in background. Hawker Hurricanes with propellors spinning before taxiing away past camera. Douglas Dakota aircraft being unloaded ...
Reel 1: Medium shot showing a tent, a look-out post up a tree, and two parked vehicles. One of the vehicles is an ambulance, the other the airstrip's crash tender. Looking up ...
Reel 1: Docks on the Hooghly River, Calcutta; river craft are unloaded. Two men stand on top of a lorry as it is hoisted onto the quayside by a crane. Barge being unloaded; a ...
Reel 1: Shot from Sunderland of repairs to float and refuelling from DUKW amphibious truck. Airmen hanging washing out on hull of Sunderland. Airborne shots of Brahmaputra River ...
