INDIAN MOVIETONE NEWSGB, India

I. AJMERE URS - An important Muslim pilgrimage lasting seven days - one of the biggest in India held yearly at Ajmere.

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II. GRADUATES FOR THE IAF - ' ...

INDIAN MOVIETONE NEWSGB, India

I. FLOOD DEVASTATIONS.

I. FLOOD DEVASTATIONS - First pictures of the devastating floods and the serious damage done in the Burdwan District, Bengal, and Vijayanagar near Ajmere.

INDIAN MOVIETONE NEWSGB, India

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 ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Indian sappers and miners clearing a pass in the mountains south west of the Mareth Line for the advance of the Fourth Indian Division. Cave dwellers in the Matmata mountains ...

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A visiting contingent of Indian troops of ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

21 January. The Queens Royal Regiment in Bren gun carriers advancing along the road from Tarhunah on the last lap to Tripoli. The regiment marching in single file along the side of the road.

23 ...

India

Edited film with commentary depicting the Chindits setting out on Operation Longcloth, their first raiding expedition behind Japanese lines, under the leadership of Brigadier Orde Wingate.

Titles: 'Public ...

INTO BATTLEGB

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 ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

14 Sep.1943. Shots of the three large Italian ships off Malta, the cruiser Eugenio di Savoia and the battleships Italia (late Littorio) and Vittorio Veneto. Shots taken from the north coast of the island ...

MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVYGB

Cameracraft crosses bows of anchored Italian submarine and passes down starboard side to give CU of the conning tower - it is a Flutto Class boat, probably Vortice or Marea. MS off the submarine's starboard ...

Japan

Reel 1: Low angle medium close-up of (British or Australian?) prisoners of war (POWs), one of whom is a sergeant. A staff car passes flying a Japanese pennant; the rear window is open and a Japanese senior officer (general?) looks at the camera. ...

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Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records the construction from palm trunks and fronds of a 35mm projection cinema (Empire Super Cinema), with detailed views of projectionist lacing up, Indian troops (14th/5th ...

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Amateur film shot by Commander James C Elliot RNVR, while serving in the Mediterranean, records a distant view of King George VI touring bomb-damaged Malta on his visit in June 1943, and shows eight 20mm anti-aircraft pom-poms firing.

MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVYGB

HMS Aurora with a destroyer escort carries King George VI from Tripoli to Malta in Operation Anchor.

Aurora approaches the entry to Grand Harbour, preceded by HMS Eskimo. The ...

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Two-part film showing (1) the arrival ...

Great Britain

Drama tracing the life of a crusty old man of World War II to his military beginnings as a dashing young officer winning the VC in the Boer War.

Layard Collection

Footage includes New Delhi, street demonstration and crowd outside mosque; site of 1911 Delhi Durbar; horse riding; very brief sequence of Lord & Lady Mountbatten seated in state. Five sequences.

Production / Donor Details: The ...

Unedited rushes.

MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVYGB

I. Scenes onboard a L Class destroyer escorting the convoy. Shots showing armament - 4.7-inch guns and 3-inch and 4x2-pounder AA - all trained to starboard. Accompanying destroyers include a Tribal, another L ...

Great Britain

This film describes the adventures of the famous convoy to Malta in August, 1942. It shows some general views of the island, and gives several shots of the ships in the convoy such as, the battleships Nelson and Rodney. After heavy ...

Tribute to the part played in the war by the people of Malta; shows actual raids and how the Maltese carried on their work.

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Film about the Axis air offensive against Malta.

British supply effort, upon which the island is dependent, is rendered difficult by the great distance of the island from British bases and its closeness to Italian ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Indian sappers and miners detect and clear mines left by the retreating Germans on the road beyond Gabs. The Fourth Indian Division Field Artillery in an attack on Mount ...

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START 00:00:00 Scenes on HMS Nelson whilst en route for North Africa for Operation 'Torch': an officer from No. 9 Army Commando and stores on the main deck. At Gibraltar, ratings line up with brooms and placards with ironic, humorous messages and ...

Unedited rushes. Including historic meeting between Winston Churchill and President of Tukey, President Inonu.

Unedited rushes.

1. Preparing new advanced landing grounds. 2. 25th RAF Anniversary in Malta. 3. Bayliss material on new landing grounds.

United States of America

Record of a bombing raid by the USAAF on Japanese airstrips at Wewak, New Guinea.

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

A long stretch of beach. Beach with rocks in the foreground. Tents among the trees and bushes. A man walks through the trees to his tent. Another man walks to his tent. Two men walk into the sports store ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Men of the 126 Native Labour Company, 18th Group, Pioneers receiving their pay from Lieutenant Derrarb of a French cavalry regiment near Souk El Arba, Tunisia.

Men ...

Unedited rushes.

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

The General Officer Commanding the Palestine Base opens a leave camp near Nathanya, Palestine, for troops stationed in Egypt and Palestine.

Brigadier I C Cameron, the ...

MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVYGB

I. Reel One. At sea with covering and bombarding force. LS of dramatic cloudy sky. Flag signal is hoisted. HMS Penelope passes right to left across cameraship Aurora's wake. The two cruisers begin a ...

MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVYGB

I. Reel One. HA onto men larking about in swimming pool rigged on the deck of HMS Nelson. HA onto 8x 2-pounder aft on port side - crew clear away, don anti-flash and ready and train the gun. HA onto focsle as ...

MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVYGB

Support Force East bombards coast and defends transports from air attack. One merchantman is hit by bombs and has to be abandoned.

Reel One. Opening scenes onboard a Colony ...

GB

I. "Canadian-Built Lancaster."

I. RCAF crew under Squadron-Leader Maine (?) of first Canadian-built Lancaster emerges from bomber after nine-hour transatlantic flight to Britain.

II. ...

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Somewhere in India, a column of the ...

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The courage and service of the British merchant seaman, typified by the story of a Newfoundlander who had been torpedoed four times, related in an interview in his room as he packs for a new trip.

After an opening ...

Great Britain

Colour documentary showing the migration of a Barotse tribe from Mongu to Limulunga during the seasonal floods.

The film opens with scenes of agricultural life 'in the Barotse province of Northern Rhodesia' and shows the daily life ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

US President Theodore Roosevelt, General Eisenhower and staff visit Malta.

From the seat of a jeep President Roosevelt addresses Lord Gort and Maltese personalities and ...

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Short film showing Royal Air Force ...

Unedited rushes.

PROPAGANDA. Tribute to the people of Malta in World War II by Cadbury's who supply the island's children with vitamin enriched chocolate.

Censor's certificate. (8) Titles. (17) LS town. (20) MS crocodile of children with their teacher running for ...

MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVYGB

Repatriated British prisoners arrive at Port Said in the British India cargo-passenger ship SS Talma. The actual exchange of prisoners had taken place at the Turkish port of Mersin ...

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Footage from the town of Imphal in ...

New Zealand

Film shows the story of the men and aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the recapture of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal.

Royal New Zealand Air Force has bases on ...

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

At Jhelum in the Punjab, India (now ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

8 April 1943. The General Officer Commander-in-Chief of Malta, Major General W H Oxley, arriving and talking to Royal Malta Artillery (RMA) officers at the parade ground in Floriana. Lord Gort inspecting ...

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The first sequence consists of male and female peasants in Malta working on the land. The second sequence consists of officers and men relaxing on an airfield somewhere in North Africa, shaving, receiving letters, bathing, etc. The third sequence ...