A Japanese man (in military-style clothing) attempts to open a damaged safe? amongst the rubble in Hiroshima. A British naval officer (possibly Hodgkinson's friend Frank Worth) climbs a stairway. He looks ...
Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore, Governor of Ceylon, visits Kandy in central Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Wide and high shot with a group of Boy Scouts on ...
The Maharajah of Manipur's official dancers perform for airmen of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force.
A young, female, Manipuri ...
I. Reel One. Task Group 111.3 at sea. LS from cameraship HMS Colossus to task group in line ahead - nearest ship is HMS Argonaut. HA.MS as Corsair 17 comes up on forward elevator. Corsair 114 is manhandled aft. ...
I. LS-MS broad on the port quarter of HIJMS Hatsuzakura. Cameraship is underway in line ahead with USS Missouri and USS Iowa off the Japanese coast - aircraft circle overhead. HMS Whelp (D.33) closes, and a ...
INTEREST. The last parade of the Home Guard, before it was disbanded.
Credits (8). The parade on Sunday 3rd. December 1944 (31). They parade past George VI at Hyde Park. Also on the rostrum is the Queen Mother, Princess Elizabeth ...
START 00:23:56 Scenes filmed from a vantage point showing Chinese marchers celebrating the end of the war and victory over Japan as they parade through the centre of Hong Kong behind a large portrait of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang-Kai-Shek, ...
As Britain resumes control of Hong Kong after the surrender of Japan, British, Indian and Canadian prisoners of war are freed, and Japanese troops interned.
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Street scenes - British naval ratings and warrant officers with a few soldiers shop in a street market. Sequence showing a Chinese sign painter at work - when he notices the camera he starts to get down hastily ...
Victory parade and celebrations in Hong Kong after the surrender of Japanese forces and its liberation by British troops.
Navy, Army and RAF ...
Party of Japanese medical orderlies wearing gauze face masks. Two Japanese with notebooks; one of them is making notes. Medics disinfecting their hands. A Malay labourer, very thin ...
Two former prisoners of war, one British and one Indian, receive medical treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, Siam (Thailand).
Naik Qasin Khan seen ...
Prince Henry of Gloucester (en route to take up post of Governor General in Australia?) inspects units of the armed and civil defence services in Ceylon.
there are two inserted sequences, one (start of Reel 1) shows ...
RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers conduct an exercise in close air support near Meiktila, central Burma.
A plume of dust and smoke from an ...
Hawker 'Hurribomber' aircraft are rearmed at Onbauk forward airstrip on the River Irrawaddy before attacking nearby Japanese targets.
An RAF ...
Amateur film showing journey by Tatair plane to Hyderabad; Chhar Minar; Hyderabad; Golconda; Mettupolayamooty; Todas; Dasehra procession, Mysore; Maharajah of Mysore's birthday; Grubb's plane to Cochin; Cochin harbour, irrigation, regatta, fishermen. ...
Tourist 'Travel film' of Wild life in Game park and wall paintings in cave. The grave of Rhodes.
Cape town docks and Table mountain in cloud.
and Victoria Falls.;Visit to African village in Kruger National Park. The ...
Bombay, the Gateway to India, Bombay Yachting Club, crowded street with street markets, Perth + Freemantel city scenes with the War Memorial.
Approach to Sydney harbour. The harbour. City scenes with Trade Fair carnival through ...
Holiday scenes and local events in the following order: short of the countryside and some local children, temples, river, a plane dropping supplies for the town, possible government buildings, gardens in the mountains with sightseers, ...
Profile of the work and history of the Universties' Mission to Central Africa in their fight against the "evils of ignorance and superstition", principally in Zanzibar.
The film gives an overview of the history and people of Zanzibar, ...
Local Chinese civilians take part in an identity parade in order to identify Japanese troops suspected of war crimes at Sham Shui Po internment camp in ...
Scenes of the life of a farmer and his family in Maharashtra during the changing seasons of the year.
In 1943 the Film Advisory Board (FAB), the body that had been created to oversee the production of wartime documentaries in India, was ...Amateur film of the residency at Mhow, India, and Freya Stark. stark is received by the Acting Resident Major W F. Webb when she called on 18th March 1945. Scenes of the residency gardens with the children and staff. Victory parades for ...
Amateur film taken by the political agent in Quetta while on tour. Film taken by the Political Officer Mr barlow and accompanied by the Forest Officer Mr Mieklejohn. The first camp being set up by porters and local coolies. The carvan on ...
Documentary: Film shows examples of different aspects of India, religion, peasan ts and sophisticated society.
The 47 bakers of 1029 Indian Field ...
An Indian soldier looking through a range finder. A soldier with binoculars in the bush. The two soldiers converse. Another soldier talks into a telephone/radio handset. Scenes of the gunners setting sites, ...
In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the Madras Sappers and Miners of 325th Field Park ...
Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.
An officer seen using a loud hailer. A wrecker lorry. Two men at work ...
Indian gunners, possibly of 4th Indian ...
"The Xmas Spirit with our friends from overseas". Karachi Christmas rodeo for American servicemen. Canadians in Bombay adopting native children - Canadians invite Indian children to Christmas meal.
"Kar Seva in Patiala" ...
I. "ROTARY SHOWS THE WAY TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING" Scenes of the Rotary International Cultural Exhibition in Bombay where "Nations and Empires beckoned for your attention". Czechoslovakia is represented, with her consul in ...
"THE INDO-BURMA-CHINA ROAD - FIRST PICTURES OF REOPENING OF CHINA'S OVERLAND SUPPLY ROUTE" Scenes of the first convoy to cross the Irrawaddy river in Burma, built by General Pick. featuring the news cameraman Oscar Bovill. ...
I. "100 INDIAN NEWSPAPERS REPRESENTED AT EDITORS CONFERENCE" One hundred Indian newspapers are represented by war correspondents and journalists at the Newspaper Editor's Conference in Calcutta. In attendance are military ...
I. "AIRBORNE BEAT CHAIRBORNE IN RUGBY AT DELHI" Rugby match scenes in Delhi between the Paratroopers Rugby team and the 'Chairborne' side in the presence of Their Excellencies Viceroy and Vicereine Wavell.
II. "THE NEWS ...
I. "RECRUITING IN THE ASSAM JUNGLES" Scenes of wild elephants being captured and tamed by men in the Assam jungle, using other tame elephants and a single piece of rope.
II. "HOLKAR WINS RANJI SEMI-FINAL BY 10 WICKETS". ...
I. "THE HIMALAYAN SCENE". The timeless beauty of the Himalayas. II. "NEW ALLIED AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR SOUTH EAST ASIA". The appointment of Air Marshall Sir Keith Park. III. "THE TUNGABADRA DAM; DEDICATED TO ENDURING ...
I. "THE ROYAL INDIAN AIR FORCE". India's Commander-in-Chief General Auchinleck presents pilot's wings to pupil officers. II. "INDIA'S LIFELINE HER RAILWAYS". Sir Edward Benthall opens the Indian Railways Exhibition in Delhi. ...
I. "COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S WAR PAGEANT FOR LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS". India's Commander-in-Chief General Auchinleck hosts his annual garden party. II. "FAUJI SEVARDARNIS' PART IN THE PEOPLES WAR". A conference of Fauji Sevadarnis ( ...
I. "PRINCE OF BERAR ADVOCATES MORE KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE". Prince of Berar gives an address at the opening of a Hostel donated by him to the Shiwaji Maratha High School. II. "BOMBAY EXPLOSION VICTIMS HONOURED". The laying of ...
I. "INDIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS: ANOTHER YEAR OF SERVICE". A ceremonial parade at Poona, just one of many held all over the country. II. "PUBLIC RALLY TO MAINTAIN SERVICE WHEN TRANSPORT WORKERS STRIKE". Volunteers take the ...
I. "IN LIBERATED MAYMYO". British and Indian soldiers adjust to life in the now peaceful city. II. "WAC(I)s CELEBRATE THIRD BIRTHDAY". Parades of the Women's Auxilliary Corps of India in Bombay and Karachi. III. "BOMBAY ...
I. "KAMLA CLUB WINS AGA KHAN HOCKEY TOURNAMENT". The defeat of the Kalyamal Mills by the Kamla Club Team of Campore in the final in Bombay. II. "TRAINING FOR 'THE DURATION' AND AFTERWARDS". The training of recruits for the ...
I. "FRONT LINE ENTERTAINMENT". Marie Burks gives a concert at an air strip in Burma to the 14th Army veterans. II. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF". The work of the Women's Voluntary Service, discussions on the shortage of food and cloth ...
I. "LABOUR MEMBER'S PLANS FOR INDIA'S FUTURE". Dr. Ambedkar, Labour Member of the Government of India speaks at the Committee of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation at their third annual Conference in Bombay. II. " ...
I. "BOMBAY CELEBRATES VICTORY IN EUROPE". Thanksgiving services and V-Day Parades held in Bombay. II. "REPATS ARRIVE HOME IN INDIA". Indian Pioneer Corps return home from service in the Middle East, Greece and Italy. III. " ...
"ALL INDIA CELEBRATIONS ON VICTORY DAY" I. "DELHI". At the Church of the Redemption India's Viceroy attends a Thanksgiving Service. Connaught Place sees the largest military parade ever held in the capital with more than ...
I. "LEST WE FORGET". A war memorial has been built at Bara Banki in the United Provinces to commemorate the men of Fyzabad who lost their lives in this war. II. "PRISONERS OF WAR LIBERATED AFTER THREE YEARS CAPTIVITY". ...
