Air-to-ground shots over the Coral Sea, flying from Brisbane in Australia to Ward's airstrip, Port Moresby, New Guinea, April 1944. Shot from inside (probably a civilian Short S23 Empire flying boat) aircraft lands on harbour waters and ties up. ...

Amateur film, presumably shot by an officer of the East or South Lancashire Regiment serving in Burma in 1943-1945, shows Kohima Post Office sign by India/Burma frontier, Indian or Burmese hill people and their dwellings, kilted pipers playing slow ...

Myitkyina captured 3 August 1944, Bhamo December 1944.

Cu mules. Soldiers at slope arms, march off. Mules groomed each other. Men preparing raft. Wide shot river. On board raft, ...

Shorter version with different shots, mules and muleteer. Putting harness on mules, loading up. Briefing gurkhas. Mule train. Crossing bridge in mist. On board raft going down river. Rapids. Panning shots of ...

Messages home from British Naval and Army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Leicester area. Filmed in a makeshift canteen, the group take it in turn to present a personal message to their family and friends in England. Some ...

In the north east of India, a group of visitors from Bhutan. Tiger hunt. Temple in Hyderabad.

I. 'TROOPS VISIT KING FAROUK'S MODEL FARM.' A contingent of British and Commonwealth troops, including members of various women's services, visit King Farouk's model farm situated between Cairo and Ismailia. The visiting party is shown at the ...

I. 'GUNNERS OF HINDUSTAN.' An item that covers the equipment and training of Indian Army artillery units. A large antique cannon is displayed on a plinth on a street in Lahore (Punjab) as civilians go about their daily business. Antique flintlock ...

I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' An outline of the new modern curriculum that has been introduced at a mixed-sex school in Ashford, Kent. The new syllabus and teaching methods, with its emphasis on the practical, is held by the commentary to be a fine example ...

I. 'INDIA.' Allied Supreme Commander in South East Asia Lord Louis Mountbatten waits at an unidentified Indian airfield for the arrival of Generalissimo and Mrs Chiang Kai-shek. A C-54 Douglas Skymaster transport aircraft of the United States (US) ...

I. 'TRANS-JORDAN FRONTIER FORCE.' An Item relating to the expansion of the Arab Legion to Brigade strength, covering the various military and policing duties of the unit in the Transjordan. Arab Legion members hone their semaphore skills under the ...

I. 'AVIATION NEWS.' An item highlighting new developments in the aviation industry. In the United States, A man leaves a detached house carrying golf clubs and climbs into a single-seat Piasecki P-V2 helicopter, the newest product of PV Engineering ...

I. 'AUSTRALIA.' An item highlighting the work of Australian factories in their support of the war effort. A male factory worker uses a circular grinding wheel to manufacture optical lenses at an optical factory making rangefinders for anti-aircraft ...

I. 'INDIA.' On his first official tour, Viceroy Wavell visits a flying training school of the Chinese Air Force situated in the Punjab. Wavell inspects a guard of honour drawn from Chinese officer cadets, primary training aircraft stand chocked in ...

I. 'BURMA.' A Japanese prisoner is escorted by club wielding British troops into a jungle encampment during a lull in the fighting on the Arakan front. Wounded Japanese on stretchers are off-loaded from the back of a British soft-skinned vehicle. The ...

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 ...