At Kalewa, on the River Chindwin in Burma, barrage balloons are positioned to deter low-flying enemy aircraft.

Man operating a winch as it spools ...

At Kalewa, on the River Chindwin in Burma, barrage balloons are positioned to deter low-flying enemy aircraft.

Balloon over the Chindwin. Jeep ...

Reel 1: Tented camp; two men in berets attend to two 3-inch mortars; one checks the elevation adjustment of one of the mortars. Men with 2-inch mortars and ammunition. Men with ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Marshall: Commandos, wearing full kit, sit and listen to a briefing at a tented camp. Cheerful commandos sitting on the ground. Troops passing camera. ...

Somewhere in northern Burma, a team of Indian Engineers work to rebuild a railway bridge.

Wide shot, with brick uprights by a river with wooden ...

Somewhere in Burma, a team of Indian Engineers work to rebuild a railway bridge.

Looking up at Indian Engineers at work repairing a bridge; a ...

Around Christmas 1944, British troops of 36th Division receive a welcome consignment of airmail in northern Burma.

Douglas Dakota transport ...

Reel 1: British troops in wooded terrain; they wear the divisional patch of 36th Division. An officer looks at a map. Two men in position, one of them lying prone. Close-up profile ...

Reel 1: Various angles of a 25-pounder field gun being fired. British troops of 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment moving through jungle. Down a track. Wounded man on a ...

I. "Jail Breakers." Scenes from TARGET FOR TONIGHT introduce the story of Group Captain Pickard's last exploit - the Amiens prison raid. A model of the stockade is used to explain details. Two Mosquito Squadrons take off. Aerial sequences are ...

I. "Ploesti." A survey of the policy of Bulgaria's King Boris III towards Fascism (earlier film of Bulgarian Premier Bogdan Filov visiting Berchtesgaden and German mounted troops entering Sofia), with reference to Allied plans to bomb Rumanian oil- ...

I. "The Lorraine Squadron." 342 Squadron prepare their Boston aircraft and carry out a raid on a power station near Paris. (Personnel are French volunteers).

II. "News Digest." a. King and Queen visit Air Chief Marshal Harris at Bomber Command. ...

I. "Returned with Compliments." Routine of an air attack (by Bostons) on German Factories in France. One plane makes a crash-landing.

II. "News Digest." a. Disposal of unexploded 'butterfly' bomb, on forward landing strip in Italy. b. India: ...

I. "Pacific Front." Churchill stresses importance of the Pacific Front. Japanese Film of their Forces advancing - they are "used to dirt and filth," and they maltreat their animals - but now they are hard-pressed from all sides. a. India: Spitfires ...

I. Reichsarbeitsdienst military training camp in Upper Bavaria. RAD soldier stands in snow with unit's emblem of spade at camp where men are roused from barracks by bugle call at start of another day's training. After physical training and ...

I. Track cycling race. Cyclists race round track in indoor stadium (Berlin ?), watched by spectators who include servicemen on leave from the front.

II. Acrobat performs. Acrobat Uno, world famous for his index finger, uses it to balance ...

I. FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE

I. FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE - Music: 'Nozze Di Figaro'. The Viceroy was in a hurry. He travelled by fast plane to Calcutta and cutting short the usual round of ...

I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI

I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI - Music: 'Flying Squad'. Group Captain Proud is saying goodbye to IAF ...

I. SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARES THE VICEROYS' TOUR

I. SWORDS AND PLOUGHSHARES - THE VICEROY'S TOUR - Music: 'Steadfast & Steady (Waltz)' a blend of the things of peace and the things of war made up ...

I. TONGA TURNOUTS AND CAMEL CARTS AT LAHORE

I. TONGA TURNOUTS AND CAMEL CARTS AT LAHORE - Music: 'La Giaconda' - SPCA World famous initials, but they don't stand merely for preventing cruelty ...

I. A PLEDGE FULFILLED

I. A PLEDGE FULFILLED - Music: 'Rienzi Overture' - We can't tell you her name, but, as she unloads wheat from Australia in Calcutta's port, it might well be 'The Art'. ...

I. LORD WAVELL AGAIN IN BENGAL

I. LORD WAVELL AGAIN IN BENGAL - Music: 'Reve Anglique' - In troubled Bengal there was a pause for remembrance and respect for the late Sir John Herbert. The ...

I. FIVE YEAR PLAN OF SOCIAL UPLIFT

I. FIVE YEAR PLAN OF SOCIAL UPLIFT - Sixty-nine years ago Mr Jinnah was born in Karachi. Sixty-thousand Karachi Muslims consider that a very good thing and ...

I. ON PATROL IN BENGAL

I. ON PATROL IN BENGAL - This is one of the most unexpected camera stories to come out of Bengal. An Army outpost has got news that help is needed in a certain village. ...

I. WOUNDED SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED AT VICEROY'S HOUSE

I. WOUNDED SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED AT VICEROY'S HOUSE - A soldier Viceroy entertains wounded soldiers. Nobody pretends that a tea party is ...

I. BENGAL'S NEW GOVERNOR

I. BENGAL'S NEW GOVERNOR - An unfamiliar face, and an unfamiliar title, he's the new Governor of Bengal, but it's still Mr and Mrs Casey. Here he's having a word with ...

I. LIVE STOCK BREEDING AND AGRICULTURE TO THE FORE IN JACOBABAD

I. LIVE STOCK BREEDING AND AGRICULTURE TO THE FORE IN JACOBABAD - You either know about horses or you don't. But if you're in ...

I. PATIALA PROMOTES WARMINDEDNESS

I. PATIALA PROMOTES WARMINDEDNESS - Going round the war exhibition with the maharajah of Patiala and the Commander-in-Chief a question springs to mind. What ...

I. NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WOMAN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICES

I. NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICES - Almost certainly this is the only building entirely devoted to women's work in ...

I. CEYLON VISITED BY HMS CEYLON

I. CEYLON VISITED BY HMS CEYLON - What's in a name? an exciting afternoon when His Majesty's Cruiser Ceylon sails into harbour in the island she's named after. ...

I. ALIGARH UNIVERSITY'S 1000 OFFICERS FOR THE INDIAN FIGHTING SERVICES

I. ALIGARH UNIVERSITY'S 1000 OFFICERS FOR THE INDIAN FIGHTING SERVICES - It was the first time that General Auchinleck ...

I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED

I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being loaded with precious food grains. Mr Casey, Bengal's new ...

I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE

I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE - A cheque is a dull-looking object, so Bombay's Red Cross Committee put this one in a silver ...

I. ARMY TRUCKS RALLY TO RAILWAY'S RESCUE

I. ARMY TRUCKS RALLY TO RAILWAY'S RESCUE - Empty Army lorries, you've often seen them and may be you've often had the same idea as the railways, why ...

I. ALL INDIA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND POST WAR PLANS

I. ALL INDIA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND POST WAR PLANS - With Mrs Naidu leading the opening procession, the Women's conference began one of its ...

I. HONOURING A MEMORY - MAJOR GENERAL WINGATE

I. HONOURING A MEMORY - MAJOR GENERAL WINGATE - He carried a copy of the bible with him into battle and fittingly, his memorial service was held ...

I. "BENGALI NEW YEAR" Scenes of New Year Celebrations in Bengal. Mrs Casey (wife of Governor Richard Gardiner Casey) is amongst the spectators attending the ceremony which involve an altar, a "Gateway for the years" and much ...

I. "MR. GANDHI RELEASED" Gandhi is released from the Aga Khan's palace after a year and a half. Initial scenes of correspondents standing at the palace gates, but, "as Mr Aney explained to enquiring journalists, Mr Gandhi ...

I. "INDIAN ENGINEERS HELPED BY ITALIAN PEASANTS IN REPAIRING NAZI DAMAGE" Indian engineers, clearing up "the mess that Mussolini's Second Roman Empire has left behind" are aided by Italian peasants. The Indians construct a ...

I. "ENGINEERS FIGHT BENGAL'S FAMINE AREAS WITH NEW IRRIGATION" Scenes of a twin Diesel engine mechanical pump, pumping eight hundred gallons of water per minute through irrigation channels to paddy fields, lying high above ...

I. "T.S. CHOCKALINGHAM LAUNCHES A NEW DAILY: 'DINASARI' INAUGURATED" Chockalingham launches the new Tamil daily newspaper "Dinasari" at a meeting. The newspaper will not be run for profit but will be "turned into a trust for ...

I. "ORGANIZED MEASURES ENSURE FOODGRAINS IN PLENTY" Scenes showing the delivery and distribution of Government grain in a village Co-operative society, where "it's distributed at a fair price to all who need it, share and ...

I. "NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Touring members of the National Defence Council meet Indian troops, the "good soldiers", in the Middle East. The Honourable Syed Miran Mohammed Shah ...

I. "BENGAL LOSES A DISTINGUISHED SON: SIR PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY" Tribute to the life of Sir P C Ray, teacher, scientist and philanthropist. Commentary notes his discovery of a new compound in chemistry "but he did not rest ...

I. "MODERN SCIENCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE SUN GOD" Devotees of the sun at a Solarium, a twentieth-century "temple of the sun". Scenes of children and the sick receiving treatment from the electric sunlight of the solarium. The ...

I. "WEST AFRICAN'S ROLE IN INDIA'S DEFENCE" West African troops, "toughened by the toughest climate in the world", arrive in Burma for jungle warfare training and assault courses. They then fight the enemy for six months ...

I. "KHALSAS WINS M.U.C. GOLD CUP" The Gold Cup Final (soccer) in Madras is won by Khalsa College. The match is stopped after fighting breaks out between players, and then spectators. The award of the trophy is postponed; ...

I. "CHINESE CELEBRATE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF RESISTANCE TO JAPAN" Chinese children lead the procession in Calcutta, marking resistance to Japan. Commentary notes that "China had a revolution to give these children a better ...