I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' British civilian workers use square-mesh metal track in the construction of a new airfield. Construction workers unroll the square-mesh and peg it into the turf to consolidate aircraft taxiways and runways. The commentary ...

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. 'INDIA.' Lord Archibald Wavell, Viceroy of India, chats to local dignitaries during his first official tour of Bombay Province. Assamese forestry workers unload logs from the back of a soft-skinned vehicle. A British official (Governor of Assam ?) ...

I. 'BURMA.' Indian Army personnel working on air supply duties load air-dropping packs with food rations. In a storage area, stacked packages await loading onto transport aircraft, as South East Asia Command (SEAC) pilots gather in the shade of a ...

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 ...

50 Years of Cinematography.

I. 'FIFTY YEARS OF CINEMATOGRAPHY.' A retrospective edition that covers cinematographic and historical events of the past fifty years. The commentary outlines the early history of film. ...

I. WPN Special- 'INVASION.' The commentary outlines the events of Tuesday June 6th 1944, the Allied invasion of Western Europe (Normandy landings). Film footage taken from the interior of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bomber shows its ...

I. 'ON THREE FRONTS- FRANCE.' Allied naval shipping is shown at sea. King George VI wearing a life jacket, stands on the bridge of an unidentified Royal Navy ship (HMS Arethusa ?) on his way to visit the Allied beachheads in Normandy. On arrival at ...

I. 'INVASION NEWS.' A Royal Air Force (RAF) 4x2 David Brown light tractor tows a bomb train of 60-lb 3-in aircraft rockets past a parked Hawker Typhoon Mk IB fighter aircraft (no Squadron codes visible). The commentary outlines the specifications of ...

I. 'THE RAINS CAME.' An item that covers the efforts made by the Allied forces in Burma to adapt to the changing operational conditions caused by the arrival of the monsoon season. Heavy rainfall lashes at a tented Royal Air Force (RAF) encampment in ...

I. 'BURMA.' An item introducing the activities of the Chindits in Burma and relating to the capture of the strategic Burmese market town of Mogaung by elements of the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade. A Chindit column is shown on the move on a jungle ...

I. 'ITALY.' The Allied advance on Florence (Tuscany). British Eighth Army M3A1 White scout cars and Daimler scout cars raise dust as they move in convoy along an Italian country road. British Jeeps and Staghound Mk I (Chevrolet M6) armoured cars move ...