How the coconut palms from Travancore are processed and used. Shows the picking of the fruit, de-husking, drying and extraction of oil for use in soap, vinegar, cooking and light. Further products involve the breaking down of the fibre by native women ...
Somewhere in the Arakan coastal region ...
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I. ‘Allied Armies in Burma Battle Japs on Wide Front’ Map of Asia, with arrow marking Burma. Shots of heavy rainfall and sodden conditions in Burma. Locals including children, under ...
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I. ‘Headlines from the Far East!’ American Army Air Force Nurses get off a plane in China and are greeted by Chinese nurses who, the commentary sheet notes, ‘trained in America& ...
I. ‘Allied Forces in Action on India-Burma Front’ India: Indian peasant labourers build new airfields, laying tarmac and cement surfaces. Shot of American bomber (B-25) coming in to land. New Guinea: ...
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I. ‘General MacArthur Leads Attack on Admiralty Islands’ Map of the world; arrow with legend ‘MACARTHUR’ points at the Pacific theatre, Australia and New Guinea circled ...
I. ‘Americans Win New Airbases in South Pacific’ Bombers (B-25s?) seen flying in formation toward Saidor. Bombing raid over small forested island, filmed from the air; bombs seen dropping and detonating on ...
Men seen leaving US transport aircraft in Burma.
A United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Dakota (C-47 Skytrain) transport with its engines shutting ...
Two months after the end of the Battle of Kohima a memorial is unveiled by Lieutenant-General Stopford commander of XXXIII Indian Corps and British and ...
United States Army Air Force General Old, head of Troop Carrier Command, discusses plans for supply and troop movements in support of beleaguered ...
Brigadier General William Old, head of Troop Carrier Command, decorates five RAF Wing Commanders with the American Distinguished Flying Cross, for ...
Part 1: Near Milestone 82 on the Manipur Road a signpost gives the distance to Worcester (5,100 miles, 'no way out') and Tokyo (2,800 miles, 'way out'). The top of the sign reads ' ...
