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

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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 ...

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

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

After the capture of the Ava Bridge and the city of Sagaing in Central Burma officers from the British capturing forces meet from opposite sides of the ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Several types of Japanese artillery, captured during recent fighting at Bishenpur and Ukhrul, are exhibited at the HQ of 20th Indian Division.

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Great Britain

India, in 1895.

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An outline of the campaign in Burma from the abortive Japanese 'March on Delhi' offensive of 1944 to the Allies' recapture of Mandalay and Rangoon in May 1945.

The visual material is compatible with (rather than an ...

Great Britain

Life in a town in Rajputana is shown, with shots of temples, markets, busy streets and means of transport. Closing with a sequence of the interest taken by the people of their ruler.

WORLD CINEMAIndia

A young wife whose husband is too busy working on a weekly paper in English gets infatuated with her husband's cousin, with whom she builds up a world of their own.

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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.

Great Britain

AMATEUR. A rally of Girl Guides attended by Olave Baden-Powell in Hyderabad.

Great Britain

Designed to illustrate the importance of child welfare in missionary work. Children in Palestine, India, Africa, China and Japan, and some blind children are shown.

India

INTEREST. Credits (49), hut on stilts from which tribesmen keep guard over their crops (82), dead neelgai shot by the tribesman (87), close-up of a Gond tribesman with axe and spear (92), items such as opium, amulet, pipes which the tribesman ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1: Aerial footage; landscapes and cloudscapes. Mountains, possibly the Himalayas. A settlement on a plain. A Chinese city street, possibly in Chungking. A group of four ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Officer cadets of the Chinese (Nationalist) Air Force undergo pilot training at the Northern India Flying Club near Lahore, India (Pakistan).

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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

British soldiers of XV Corps celebrate Christmas 1944 on the Teknaf Peninsula on the Indo-Burma border.

A man leaves a tent; he carries a bugle. ...

USA

A film showing the life of Clive and his rise from a counting-house clerk to fame and fortune.

Great Britain

ACTUALITY. Commissioner Higgins of the Salvation Army visits Ahmedabad Girls' School.

A group of girls of different ages, wearing uniform dresses and saris, wave bunches of flowers around in a rhythmic exercise, directed by a woman ...

India

Convoy of troops and camel trains along (?) Khyber Pass enters camp. CU Camels. Mules and camp activities.

Great Britain

INTEREST. Some native girls demonstrating Coolie dancing.

The first shot is of a group of native women walking along. Men play on portable drums and dance to the beat of the music. Another man plays the cymbals, then one girl gets ...

AMATEUR. Amateur film of Sir Conrad Corfield and family and of colonial life in India.

Childrens school in England. House in Delhi at 1,King Edward Road. Gwalior residency - garden and swimming pool. Jaipur, March 1938. River crossing. The ...

Great Britain

Coverage of the Delhi Durbar of 1902-1903.

No titles. View over heads of spectators of review of troops including Indian lancers (19). Vice-regal escort of infantry, Indian cavalry and Indian army pipe bands, with landaus conveying ...

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

Bodh Chandra Singh, Maharaja of Manipur ...

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AMATEUR. The Craster family at Jotwara, India.

The City Palace - a garden party for the Viceroy, Lady Willingdon and Princess Alice of Athlone; tiger shoot at Ramgargh; the Craster family.

ACTUALITY. Scenes at the leper colony supported by the Baptist Missionary Society at Cuttack in Orissa province.

Two men and two women walk through a wide gate above which an arch bears the sign "Cuttack Leper Asylum 1919" and a banner reads "We ...

Campbell Collection

6 reels of colonial daily life in India, inc. military scenes. Mostly family scenes, childrens games (apple bobbing etc.), horsemanship, hunting (reel 1 - Kashmir?), polo match.

Chisman (Keal) Collection

India, North-West Frontier, 1937. Film shows various military scenes, including numerous scenes of the RAF in action, bombing, shooting and dropping leaflets in Waziristan. Also includes scenes of Indian Army in the field, ...

Chisman (Keal) Collection

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 ...

Crane Collection

Srinagar, Spring 1946

Crane Collection

Srinagar, 1946

Crane Collection

Gulmarg, Autumn

SECRETS OF INDIAGreat Britain

INTEREST.

Credits (25). A map of India showing Darjeeling (55). The 2' gauge Darjeeling railway which is 51 miles long and follows the old cart road through the tea gardens (115). The women working in the tea ...

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INTEREST. "New Government House - Darjeeling. In Government House grounds". A carriage comes along the drive, escorted by natives. Two women get out of the carriage. The two women and a man talk on the balcony (28). "His Excellency ...

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INTEREST. "Darjeeling - summer seat of the Bengal government". A shot of the hill road to Darjeeling. Natives herd sheep. Other natives are dragging a roller along (14). More sheep by the side of the railway track (21). A car, with a ...

EMINENT BRITISH AUTHORSGreat Britain

DRAMA. The story of life on a military station in India and of a cad's pursuit of a girl and his use of her brother's weakness to gain his ends. He is killed by a python and she marries her sweetheart.

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William Savage, a collector for the British East India Company is drawn into the Thug cult (a group which strangles and rob travellers) when he attempts to infiltrate their ranks.

India

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 ...

Great Britain

Travelogue of Delhi.

Main title and credits. Map of India, which zooms in on Delhi. Fade to view of plains near Delhi. Panning movement towards ruins. Commentary talks of the successive cities of Delhi. Tomb of Nasiruddin Muhammad ...

Great Britain

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur. Includes the Jubilee Review of 1935; a torchlight procession at Jaipur; Nagas dancing; elephant in silver-plated armour; Fatephur Sikri; the Wahanadi Poojun or worshipping of conveyances before the ...

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AMATEUR. Amateur footage of Delhi - street scenes; Viceroy's house; mosque; Delhi Junction station, etc..

Lakes. Monument. Fountain. Archway. Kingsway with carriages - street scenes. Ekka. Council Chamber. Building - street scene. ...

Great Britain

No main title. The Viceregal procession to the Coronation Durbar consisting of British and Indian troops, including the first squadron of the 4th Royal Dragoon Guards; Battery H of the Royal Horse Artillery and the Imperial Cadets Corps. ...

Great Britain

Main title (1). "A cinematographic record of the magnificent & historical ceremonies of December 12th, 1911." (7). In a large arena, kilted British soldiers are marched to their positions in front of the large dais (55). "March of the ...

No main title. LS procession of Indian princes on decorated elephants pass between lines of troops towards and past the camera. To the right is a covered spectator stand. This is presumed to be part of the State entry into Delhi of Lord Curzon, the ...

Great Britain

No main title. The Viceroy's procession passes the camera between lines of troops with stands containing spectators in the background. Other, larger buildings can be seen in the background. The Viceregal party are seated in howdahs on ...

CORONATION DURBAR AT DELHI: (1902) Review of troops (0-19); Viceregal escort of infantry, cavalry and pipe band, with landaus conveying the Viceroy's party (20-90); spectators mounted on caparisoned elephants (95). PAUL (TC 10.00.00 - 10.01.52, source ...

France

INTERET. Travelogue. A Muslim festival in Delhi.

Main title (4). HAS of the city (5). Crowded street scenes during the festival (14). A street entertainer watched by the crowds (27). Further street entertainers (49). A procession of people ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Airmen of an RAF motor transport waterproofing unit demonstrate techniques for waterproofing vehicles in preparation for amphibious operations ...

India

INTEREST. The work of a district officer or magistrate in the province of Bengal.

Map of India showing the province of Bengal (33), rivers in the province (55), fertile plain, crops growing (70), modern communications - telegraph and tele- ...