I. 'INDIA'S YOUNGEST V.C.' General Claude Auchinleck presents the Victoria Cross (V.C.) to Sepoy Kamal Ram of the 8th Punjab Regiment at Lahore. Kamal Ram, the youngest recipient of the V.C., is carried shoulder high by his regimental comrades. Kamal ...
I. 'ROCKET-FIRING PROJECTILES.' Footage taken in the interior of a British armaments factory highlights the various production steps in the manufacture of 60-lb 3-inch rocket projectiles (RP) for aircraft. Female factory workers fill RP casings with ...
I. 'THE KING IN HOLLAND.' King George VI chats to Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (Commander 21st Army Group) and Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst (Commander 38 Group, RAF) on his arrival in Holland. The King inspects units of a British Armoured ...
I. 'WESTERN FRONT.' A Royal Navy (RN) rocket-firing landing craft (LCT-R) fires ripple-salvos at German positions on Walcheren Island in support of the Anglo-Canadian operation to clear the islands of enemy troops and open up the Scheldt Estuary to ...
I. 'BURMA.' British Fourteenth Army infantry patrol the jungle on the Arakan Front armed with Lee-Enfield Mk III .303-inch rifles. Indian troops lead a mule train over very rough ground. Heavy rainfall lashes a British tented encampment as troops ...
I. "Heiress to the throne." Princess Elizabeth, now aged 18, visits the National Sea Scout Exhibition wearing the uniform of a Sea Ranger.
II. "Tito partisans train in Malta." Wounded Yugoslav partisans, including girls, convalesce at a special ...
I. "Nazis jittery, say returned prisoners." Liner with 638 repatriated prisoners on board docks at Liverpool, where Canadian High Commissioner Vincent Massey is among those waiting on the quayside. Germany is reported to be in a "bad state of nerves as ...
I. "The other man's job. How Army packs its punch." The packing of spare parts is "a fine art", a vital contribution to the Army's efficiency. Film shows care with which gun spares, shells etc are prepared and packed to withstand transport abroad and ...
At the Red Fort in Delhi, three Indian ...
Three Douglas Dakota transport planes line up alongside the airstrip and the furthest plane taxis forward. Another Dakota taxis forward guided by an airman on the ground. Wavell ...
Easter Action on Bougainville (Solomon Islands).
Opening Titles: "...These grim pictures were taken under fire by an NZNFU Cameraman. We show them to remind you that the troops sweating and dying in the ...
New Zealand newsreel.
I. Men of New Zealand's Pacific Division on Nissan Island parade to receive decorations awarded for recent action: Major Bullen receives DSO, Sergeant Reesby and Corporal Davidson the ...
