Women of the various services, and from various Empire countries, serving in the Middle East theatre of operations.
WRNS are seen (in summer uniforms) filing, taking shorthand, operating teleprinters, visiting a ship ...
CINEMAGAZINE: A WOMAN SEA CAPTAIN AND NAVIGATION INSTRUCTOR IN THE NAVY; A MAN WHO CONTROLS ALL VITAL STATISTICS IN LAKELAND, GEORGIA; A GIBRALTAR ISLAND, OHIO CITIZEN WHO EXTRACTS SALT FROM WATER; AND A WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA COWBOY WHO ...
Sir John Colville arrives to take up ...
The Commanding Officer of the King's Dragoon Guards is presented to the King, followed by the 12th Lancers and the 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. The King drives up and the Commanding Officer of ...
Part 1, shot by Tozer: At a forward airstrip the Viceroys aircraft ...
Mute print of film showing the life of Royal Navy crews defending the Atlantic convoys during the Second World War.
New crews arrive at ships, and go through routine processing - having medical inspection, receiving ...
Part 1: The three brothers queue for their breakfast at an open air ...
British Army training film detailing the rigorous physical training techniques used in the Middle East School of Physical Training, with an introduction by General Alexander stressing the need for troops to be "fighting ...
The 4th Indian Division moving up the Tunisian roads to their concentration area.
Vehicles of the 4th Indian Division moving along the road from Teboursouk towards ...
A party of Turkish military officers are shown around the battleship HMS Nelson and the carrier HMS Formidable.
(i) The Turkish Naval Observer, Commander Orbay, comes aboard ...
A dramatised account, with actors from a local theatre company, of the reopening for war production of the Tyneside shipbuilding yards closed down by the Depression.
Opening scenes: weeds are cleared from a yard, and ...
I. Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs visits Portugal. General Count Jordana arrives at Spanish-Portuguese frontier at start of official visit and inspects Portuguese guard of honour before taking salute at marchpast. Still in General's uniform ...
I. Diplomatic Corps greet Franco in New Year reception. Diplomats in ceremonial dress arrive with their wives inside palace where they greet Spanish leader (dressed in admiral's uniform) and his wife Carmen, who smilingly shakes hands with ...
Opening titles.
I. ‘Latest Film of the War in Italy’ View from high ground over Aerno, during bombardment as soldiers look down into valley. Jeeps and vehicles on the move; overturned and destroyed ...
Opening credits.
I. ‘News of the War in Italy’ Allied Military Government Headquarters, Naples: large crowds of Neapolitan civilians queue for the opportunity to apply for jobs. Shots filmed on the ...
Opening titles.
I. ‘Flying Forts Battle Nazis over Germany’ Bombing raids on Marienburg and Schweinfurt. Numerous ‘Flying Fort’ (B-17?) bombers on ground; then flying in formation, seen ...
Opening titles.
I. ‘Novorossisk Recaptured by Soviet Forces’ Item concerning recapture of Black Sea Naval base Novorossisk. Soviet troops seen looking down on city. Heavy artillery bombardment of ...
Opening titles.
I. ‘U.S. Air Forces Battle Japs for Pacific Bases!’ Bougainville, Solomon Islands: aerial views as Liberator bombers and Lightning P-38s attack Japanese positions. American landings ...
The Viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, ...
Unedited rushes.
King George VI visits Malta.
Crowds lining the steps as the cruiser HMS Aurora passes in front of them. HMS Aurora with the King aboard. The barge approaching the shore. ...
An explanation (relying heavily on maps) of the importance of the war against Japan, and the current strategic outlook.
An opening recalls that this is "the real war" to China and to many Americans and Australians, ...
I. "LAE AND HUON PENINSULA. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TRANSPORTED AND SUPPLIED BY UNITS OF 7TH US AMPHIBIOUS FORCE." General views of convoy in line off New Guinea. Landing beach - landing ships (including LST 475, LST 457 and LST 456) disembark their ...
I. '100 EDITION.' British Minister of State for the Middle East R G Casey introduces this retrospective edition, which traces the course of the war so far, placing events in the context of Churchill's "bold plan of Mediterranean strategy. Men of the ...
I. 'TANK BUSTERS.' Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews replace the aerodynamic fairing on a 40mm Vickers Type S gun mounted under the wing of a Hawker Hurricane Mk IID fighter/ground attack aircraft. The commentary introduces the new mark of Hurricane ...
I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' King George VI is piped aboard HMS King George V during a visit to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in March 1943. The King is met by Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet, who introduces him to the ship's officers ...
I. 'RUSSIA.' (Titling superimposed over image of spinning globe) Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB fighter aircraft stand parked and chocked at an undisclosed Middle East airfield (Hapmat, March 1943 ?) as attendant Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews ...
Malta Strikes Back.
I. 'MALTA STRIKES BACK.' Titling is superimposed over the Royal Air Force crest. A close up of the front page of "The Egyptian Gazette" shows an article written by Sir Stafford Cripps, British ...
Unconditional Surrender - Tunisia.
I. 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TUNISIA.' [Reel One] General Sir Harold R.L.G Alexander (in B-3 shearling leather flying jacket) chats to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham outside a ...
I. 'ALLIES WEEK OPENS IN CAIRO.' R.G. Casey, Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, addresses a large crowd of gathered dignitaries in the gardens of the Anglo-Egyptian Union in Cairo. The event is described as being held in honour of five ...
Pacific Front - Ninth Division Captures Australia.
I. 'PACIFIC FRONT-NINTH DIVISION CAPTURES AUSTRALIA.' An item covering the return of the Australian Ninth Division to their homeland and the ensuing celebrations ...
I. 'NORTH AFRICA.' The commentary introduces an item on the visit of King George VI to Tunis (June 12 1943) notable as being the first flight made abroad by an English Sovereign during wartime. King George VI is driven along a Tunis Street in an open ...
I. 'FAR EAST.' A mule train supplying General Chiang Kai-shek Chinese Nationalist troops travels from India into China. The commentary explains that since the loss of Burma it has been a major problem for the Allies to reopen a supply route into ...
I. 'AROUND THE WORLD-PERSIA.' Iranian infantry goose-step in formation at a military review. An Iranian Army communications team use a cumbersome two man shoulder-carried radio transmitter during mountain exercises. A radio message is received by a ...
"Sept 3rd 1942 - 43 : Fourth Year of the War. First Year of Victory."
I. 'SEPT 3RD 1942-43: FOURTH YEAR OF WAR-FIRST YEAR OF VICTORY.' A retrospective look at significant events over a one year period with location ...
I. 'INDIA.' Indian pilgrims mingle with street traders near the castellated portals of the town of Ajmer in Rajasthan State in India during a pilgrimage in honour of Dargah Sharif. Pilgrims flock into a mosque and are shown at prayer. Pilgrims ...
I. 'SOUTH AFRICA.' British troops take part in physical training exercises forming part of a special fitness programme at a tented encampment in South Africa. A large log is tossed between two teams of five men as a means of developing upper body ...
I. 'KING OF YUGOSLAVIA ARRIVES IN M.E.' King Peter of Yugoslavia reviews units of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and Royal Yugoslav Navy at port facilities in Alexandria, Egypt. King Peter, dressed in Royal Yugoslav Air Force uniform, reviews a guard ...
I. 'TANKS- AUSTRALIAN MADE.' Interior footage shows various stages in the production of Australian Sentinel AC I and III cruiser tanks. Male factory workers manhandle a castor mounted vat of molten steel to a casting furnace. Molten steel is poured ...
I. 'STRONG ARM OF THE RAF.' A large assembled crowd of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel pose for photographs in front of a parked and chocked Avro Lancaster bomber aircraft. A fuel bowser and tractor with bomb train are also evident in the foreground. ...
I. 'THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PERSIA.' A soldier of the Imperial Iranian Army stands guard in the grounds of a newly constructed modernist style Royal palace (Art Deco ?) that displays little of the ornamentation normally associated with traditional ...
I. 'EGYPT.' The national flags of the United States of America and Yugoslavia fly at Heliopolis Airport (Cairo) during an aircraft presentation ceremony attended by King Peter of Yugoslavia and Major-General Royce, Commander United States Army Air ...
I. 'BLITZING GERMAN AIRFIELDS.' An officer of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) watches a Martin B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft from the 456th Bomb Squadron of the 323rd Bomb Group take off as he walks his Great Dane dog in the vicinity of the ...
I. 'BLITZING GERMAN AIRFIELDS.' This item duplicates Item I of WPN 133.
II. 'ITALY DAY BY DAY.' This item duplicates Item II of WPN 133.
III. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' This item duplicates Item III of WPN 133.
IV. 'RUSSIA.' This item ...
I. 'ENGLAND-ATS BIRTHDAY PARADE.' A large contingent of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) personnel stand to attention on a barrack square (Wellington Barracks ?) prior to marching to Buckingham Palace for a parade in celebration of the fifth ...
I. 'ATLANTIC CONVOY.' This item duplicates Item IV of WPN 134.
II. 'NEW GUINEA- JUNGLE PARATROOPS.' This item duplicates Item V of WPN 134.
III. 'NEW ROAD NOW LINKS U.S.' Map of Canada and Alaska shows the newly constructed road (AlCan ...
I. 'SMASHING GERMAN WAR TARGETS.' This item duplicates Item IV of WPN 135.
II. 'NEWS OF THE WAR IN ITALY.' United States (US) Fifth Army engineers operate distillation equipment using sea water taken from the Bay of Naples. A British Army ...
