START 10:16:29 A morning parade for seven African NCOs and 27 Other Ranks wearing white cook's uniform serving with 10th Field Bakery. They march to the camp bakery and hold out their hands for inspection by three British officers, probably the camp ...
START 10:33:25 Two Ford 98T 3-ton lorries deliver the performers and prefabricated theatre pavilion belonging to the East Africa Command's African Entertainment Unit to an East African Command camp somewhere in Kenya. Members of the entertainment ...
START 10:39:12 An armed African sentry stands guard at the steel cantilever road and railway bridge spanning the River Nile shortly after it leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja in Uganda, eighty kilometres east of Kampala. An official notice sternly ...
START 10:49:13 Views filmed in Diego Suarez, a large naval anchorage on the northern tip of Madagascar, showing a plinth on which there is a copper plate dedicated to Marshal Joffre (1852-1931), Hero of the Battle of the Marne in September 1914 and ...
START 10:26:00 Views of the jetty at the Headquarters of East African Naval Force (EANF) at Kilindini, Mombasa, as a small motor Royal Navy launch is seen arriving and departing; a Royal Navy armed trawler is partly visible two hundred yards or so ...
START 10:00:00 Scenes at a coming-of-age ceremony for young Masai males (a continuation of the colour film scenes in AYY 1179). Watched by other members of their clan, young warriors armed with spears perform the 'adumu' or jumping dance. The ...
START 10:18:45 Close-ups of an aerial photograph or relief map of the Zambezi River and the Victoria Falls on the border between Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). An AEC Regal bus with Victoria Falls and Livingstone ...
A party of high-ranking Chinese officers visit Malta on their way to Britain.
The party includes Major General Wang Pia Chenk, General Yang Chieh, Colonel Hoo Kwang Shee ...
Injured male and female guerilla fighters are brought to Malta from the Dalmatian coast after being injured fighting for the Allies. Some are very young.
The hospital ...
2 Feb. 1944. Dockyard sequence. Damaged sheds and docks. Men clear away rubble. A Maltese welder working inside a blitzed shop. Landing craft being repaired in a dry dock. Workmen riveting. Workers at ...
Ceremony of the presentation of the Sword of Honour to Lord Gort by the people of Malta and Gozo.
Lord Gort is driven from the Palace in Valletta through the streets of ...
Celebrations at the opening of a Yugoslav camp at Binjeema. Major Jerko Juricic reads a speech and the flag is blessed by a Maltese Army padre. It is handed over to a Yugoslav sailor who hoists it. The ...
6 April 1944. The British destroyer Echo is formally handed over to the Royal Hellenic Navy and becomes HMHS Navarinon. The ceremony is presided over by Vice Admiral Hamilton. The ship's companies of ...
21 May 1944. Monsignor Gonzi inspects the Guard of Honour of the King's Own Malta Regiment at the Palace Square, Valetta. He gets into his carriage, which passes through the streets on the way to ...
5 Aug. 1944. From outside the Palace in Valletta, Lord Gort is driven slowly through the main street accompanied by the Band Clubs and an enthusiastic crowd.
6 Aug. 1944. Lord Gort pauses at the ...
18 Aug 1944. American and British escort carriers and destroyers enter the Grand Harbour, Valletta prior to the invasion of the south of France. Various shots of English, French and American ships. ...
25 Sep. 1944. Sir Edmond Schreiber lands at Luqa Airfield to take over the appointment of Governor and Commander in Chief. He is greeted by Vice Admiral Hamilton and introduced to the heads of the ...
13 Oct 1944. Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Schrieber disembarks from the launch at Mjarr in Gozo and is met by the Commissioner Mr Montanarro. They drive away. They walk from the cathedral to the courts. ...
Official production highlights the war effort of Southern Rhodesia during the Second World War.
The film opens with a montage of images detailing the aggression of Hitler's Germany and the outbreak of war "the lights ...
START 10:00:09 The film's opening titles over which it introduces all eight members of an Australian infantry section - Private A N McGregor, Lance-Corporal A C Pierson, Privates F C Northcott, A B Graffin, M J Driver, Corporal R A Box and ...
Opening with a map of the area, the film depicts aspects of village life as local women carry baskets and grind millet. The living quarters of the family are shown, while a compound floor is hardened. There follows a more detailed description of the ...
(The Museum's copy of this film has lost virtually all the soundtrack). A film showing how the arid terrain of the Punjab was 'conquered' by the application of irrigation, agricultural research and hydro-electric power ...
How the Allied troops of Paiforce (Persia and Iraq Force), created in 1942, carried Allied supplies overland to Russia from the Persian Gulf.
(Reel 1) In 1942 Russia needed supplies badly. Britain and the US ...
Documentary compilation explains the strategy behind the advance of Allied forces from Calabria to Rome and shows the major events of the campaign.
Entry into Rome on June 4 by US and ...
Trials with DDT carried out in the Takoradi-Axim area of the Gold Coast, West Africa.
Secondary forest and dense cover and general views of the trials area. Dense forest. ...
Trials with DDT carried out in the Takoradi-Axim area of the Gold Coast, West Africa.
Field equipment loaded onto vehicles. Radio communication equipment. Communication roads ...
Army Documentary film on the campaigns against Japanese forces in Papua New Guinea from 1942 to 1944.
Major General R H Dewing introduces the film, giving a brief overview of the initial stages of the conflict in the ...
Light aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) evacuate casualties of 11th East African Division from Yazagyo, Burma.
A USAAF L-5 ...
At Pinwe in northern Burma, British gunners of 36th Division (probably 178th Field Regiment Royal Artillery) dig an emplacement for a 25-pounder field ...
Film showing the construction of the floating Bailey bridge on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, Burma.
Tightening nuts on a Bailey section. Various ...
Shot on 7 December 1944: A British soldier beckons forward a lorry; a signpost is marked 'TCP' (Traffic Control Post). A sign points the way to Kalewa. Lorry crosses a Bailey ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA), visits the recently built floating Bailey bridge over the River Chindwin at ...
Film shot in northern Burma, probably in late December 1944, showing a raft being used by 36th Division to convey vehicles across a river, probably the ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA), visits the recently built floating Bailey bridge over the River Chindwin at ...
Film apparently taken in northern Burma showing preparations for Christmas in December 1944, by men of 36th Division.
View over a supply dump in ...
Footage of a Christmas church service held for a Royal Artillery unit, probably in northern Burma.
Gunners at a church service; at the front of ...
Footage of Christmas festivities of 25th Indian Division in the coastal Arakan region of Burma in December 1944.
Men singing; some are wearing the ...
A church service is conducted for British troops in the field in Burma.
Various shots of the service in progress. There are some (possibly large) ...
Sir Oliver Leese, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits 26th Indian Division in the Arakan region of Burma, and meets the ...
Shots of British troops at a village in northern Burma, probably in late December 1944.
Wooden house somewhere in northern Burma; British soldiers ...
In northern Burma, pack mules are swum across the River Irrawaddy by troops of 36th Division.
Looking over the side of a boat with men in the ...
At a river ford somewhere in the coastal Arakan region of Burma, troops of 25th Indian Division man a crossing and help convey guns across the river ...
Tanks, troops, and artillery of XXXIII Indian Corps move up as part of operations towards Shwebo in Burma.
Parachute supply bundles descending ...
Footage of a Christmas church service being conducted in the field, probably for troops of 36th Division in northern Burma, December 1944.
Shots ...
Footage of Christmas festivities being conducted in the field by troops of 36th Division in northern Burma, December 1944.
Close-up of a British ...
Supreme Allied Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits troops of 25th Indian Division in the Arakan region of Burma.
A Fairmile B motor boat ...
Men being served food, with a close-up of food being piled onto a man's plate. Shot of improvised marquee made of parachute. Men eating. Officers (?) arriving.
Man pours beer ...
At Tigyaing in northern Burma troops of 36th Division cross the River Irrawaddy.
Men working to convert a boat for use as a vehicle raft; various ...
