Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel (including WRNS) in India to their loved ones in the Oldham area. Canteen scenes.

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Roy Francis is one of the servicemen appearing. He is referred to only as 'Roy'.

Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.

Messages home from British army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Worcester area. 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 ...

Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. Canteen scenes.

Those appearing: Dvr D W Rennie, RASC to his wife, Mrs D W Rennie, 12 Kingscross Road, Beechwood; Stoker I A J ...

Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland and to some in South Wales. Canteen scenes.

Amateur film of the Regal Cinema staff in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, recreating in the garden behind the cinema their contribution to the nationwide Salute the Soldier Week, in 1944. The usherettes, dressed in the ...

Air-to-ground shots of Coral Sea and Owen Stanley mountain range, as aircraft flies from Brisbane to Ward's airstrip at Port Moresby (New Guinea) and then to Dobdura airfield. Australians and Americans deplane. US First Cavalry Division forms up at ...

I. 'INDIA.' An unidentified merchant ship is berthed in Calcutta Docks having arrived with a consignment of Australian wheat in support of relief operations in famine stricken Bengal. Grain is unloaded by hoist from the merchantman's hold and stored ...

I. 'BURMA.' British Fourteenth Army M3 Stuart light tanks and soft-skinned vehicles drive along a jungle track during the fighting in defence of Imphal (Assam). British M3 Grant tanks drive along a jungle track. Aerial footage shows the harsh terrain ...

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 ...

I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI

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I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE

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