I. "INDIAN INDUSTRIAL MISSION IN AUSTRALIA". Sir Datar Singh, head of the Mission, and his colleagues arrive in Melbourne and are shown the aircraft factories, coal mines and wool stores of Victoria state. II. "SWEEPING THE ...
I. "H.E. THE VICEROY RETURNS FROM ENGLAND". Lord Wavell returns to India. II. "INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR WELCOMED HOME". In Bombay, the Governer, Sir John Colville, greets repatriated prisoners of war. III. "DEPARTURES AND ...
I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation of a New Executive Council that would include 'equal proportions of Caste Hindus and Moslems'. ...
I. "INDIAN LEADERS RESPOND TO VICEROY'S CALL". Indian leaders respond to the Wavell Plan. Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Nehru, Mr. Prasad, Mr. Kripaland, Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, Mr. Azad and Mr. Desai are in Bombay to attend a meeting of the ...
I. "LORD WAVELL WELCOMES INDIAN POLITICAL LEADERS IN SIMLA". Indian political leaders arrive at Simla to discuss the Viceroy's solution to the political deadlock. II. "INDIAN MERCHANT SEAMAN REPATRIATED". Hundreds of seamen ...
I. "PAGEANTRY IN PALESTINE". King's birthday parade is the biggest ever held in Palestine, involving units from India, Britain and the Middle East, a celebration of Allied military might. II. "SIMLA CONFERENCE FAILS". The ...
I. "INDIANS STUDY THE ITALIAN WAY OF LIFE". Indian soldiers discuss new methods of agriculture and details of animal husbandry. II. "DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR RIAF FIGHTER PILOT". Air Vice Marshal Thomas attends a ...
I. "WAR MINDEDNESS AT HIGH LEVEL IN THE UNITED PROVINCES". Sir Maurice Hallett, Governer of the United Provinces is introduced to civil officers of the Bichhia Labour Camp and visits the Provincial Fruit and Vegetable Show ...
I. "NAVAL PATROLS ON THE BURMA COAST". Allied navy patrols carry out target practice. II. "BLOCKING THE JAP ESCAPE ROUTES ON THE MAWCHI ROAD". Allies push on to Mawchi to prevent Japanese soldiers escaping from the area ...
I. "BOMBAY HONOURS SIR PHIROZESHAH MEHTA ON BIRTHDAY CENTENARY". Nearly fifty organisations in the City assemble to garland the 45 foot statue of Phirozeshah Mehta, Indian statesman. II. "R.A.F. MOSQUITOS OVER THE HIMALAYAS ...
I. "JAPAN SURRENDERS. ALLIED VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II". Extended report telling the story of Japanese aggression, Allied courage and Emperor Hirohito's eventual surrender.
I. "VICEROY CONFERS WITH PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS". Lord Wavell calls a Conference of Provincial Governors at New Dehli. II. SIR HOMI MEHTA ABROAD WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS". Sir Homi inspects welfare arrangements for Indian troops ...
I. "HOW BRICKLAYERS ARE TRAINED IN FRANCE". Pupils of the brick layers' school in Paris exercise on scaffoldings and train on the future. II. "ROYAL NAVY HAND OVER ASSAULT CRAFT TO ROYAL INDIAN NAVY". At the new Royal Indian ...
I. "V.J. DAY CELEBRATED QUIETLY IN INDIA". Lord Wavell gives an address to the people of India asking them to dedicate themselves to the great task of reconstruction. Thanksgiving services are held across the country. II. " ...
I. "JAPANESE CAPITULATE AT PENANG". Captain Hidaka, representing the Japanese naval Commander-in-Chief at Penang, boards the battleship Nelson to offer their surrender. Penang becomes the first big city to be liberated in ...
I. "GURKHAS COMPLETE THE REOCCUPATION OF BURMA". Gurkhas move up the river to a large Japanese transport centre on the Sittang River. II. "ID IN INDIA AND MALAYA". India's Muslim population celebrate Id-al-Fitr and fill the ...
I. "SIR SHENTON THOMAS REUNITED WITH WIFE AFTER 3 AND A 1/2 YEARS OF JAPANESE INTERNMENT". At Calcutta airport, Sir Thomas greets his wife and members of his former staff after his release from a Japanese prisoner of war camp ...
I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, visits the Club. Festival of the Bull is celebrated. The Governor of the Central Provinces decorates ...
I. "AMERICAN HONOURS AWARDED TO FIELD MARSHALL LORD WAVELL AND GENERAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK". Both men are awarded the Legion of Merit by Lieutenant General Wheeler, Commander of the U.S. forces, India-Burma theatres. II. " ...
I. "WELCOME HOME JAWAN". Indian troops from the Middle East arrive back in Karachi. II. "FAREWELL TO GENERAL WHEELER". U.S. Commander in the India-Burma theatre bids farewell to his many friends at New Delhi airport after ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to six major cities of India. II. "SIR SULTAN AHMED RESIGNS FROM INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING". On the eve of ...
I. "CIVIL ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN BURMA" Propaganda film to mark the restoration of Britain's civil administration in Burma after three years of Japanese rule. The arrival of Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the Governor of ...
I. "BOMBAY FETES JOHN GIELGUD". The world famous Shakespearean actor visits the Information Files of India and the Rajkamal Kalamandir Studios where he is received by Shantarem, India's leading film director. II. "WORLD ...
I. "5,000 INDIANS REPATRIATED FROM RABAUL". Britain's aircraft carrier 'Formidable' enters Bombay Harbour, carry 1,200 Indian soldiers recently freed from the Japanese prison camp of Rabaul. II. "Rs. 300,000/- FOR THE KAMALA ...
I. "THE KASHMIR SEASON ENDS". A Newsparade cameraman visits the Kashmir Valley. II. "LORD ALANBROOKE'S VISIT TO INDIA". Lord Alanbrooke is greeted on arrival by Admiral Mountbatten and General Auchinleck. At Lahore he ...
I. "BENGAL'S FOOD SITUATION SURVEYED. ARMY CONTRIBUTES TRANSPORTATION". Sir J.P. Srivastava, Food Member and Mr. Casey, Governor of Bengal, tour eastern and western Bengal to review the food position in the province. II. " ...
I. "INDIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL ON TOUR IN BURMA". Four members of the Indian National Defence Council went across to Rangoon for a twelve-day tour of Indian formations in Burma. II. "REPATRIATION OF INDIAN TROOPS ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN XI'S FAREWELL TEST MATCH". At Madras, the Indian XI beat the visitors by six wickets. II. "INDIA GOES TO THE POLLS". Indians cast their votes in the Central Assembly elections, for the first time in eleven ...
I. "RACING SEASON OPENS AT THE ARAKAN TURF CLUB" Racing scenes at the Arakan Turf Club, Burma. Gordon Richards features among the jockeys. Queues of soldiers waiting at paying out windows and later running into the sea ...
I. "THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT" Scenes of Americans enjoying rodeo scenes at a grandstand involving horses, mules, bulls and lassoing. In Bombay, Canadian troops look after Indian "orphans" at a Christmas party featuring Father ...
I. "CEYLON WELCOMES A NEW GOVERNOR" Accompanied by his wife, Sir Henry Moore arrives in Ceylon as Governor and representative of the King, thirty four years after being a young civil servant. Moore meets civilian members of ...
I. "SANTINIKETAN - THE ABODE OF PEACE" "Famous people" attend the 43rd anniversary of the Ashram, founded by the father of the great poet Tagore". A plaque in Chinese "tells how the place has become world-famous". Scenes of ...
I. "PUBLICISTS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIA'S FAITH AND CONFIDENCE" Mr Bozman holds meeting of the Publicity Advisory Committee as " a simple guide to what to say in wartime". Commentary also notes that "there is always someone to ...
Part of a film about the work of the Red Cross in India, WWII era. The Red Cross keep in contact with PoWs and help in the rehabilitation of wounded by providing comforts and therapies. In Bengal, where "undernourishment" is a problem, the Red Cross ...
Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and bulldozers to prepare a road between the ...
At Yadaw, twenty miles east of Shwebo, ...
Hindu troops of 1st Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment, stationed in Saigon (French Indo-China, now Vietnam) celebrate the festival of Dasera.
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Indian troops, many of whom had been overseas for several years serving in Africa and the Mediterranean, are flown home to India and arrive at RAF ...
Scenes of Inland Water Transport operations on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.
A number of local rafts on the river. They are constructed of a ...
Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge with a stencil. An engine is lowered into a Unicraft tug. A Higgins ...
As Fourteenth Army advance across the Shwebo Plain in Burma, intelligence officers and members of the Burma Intelligence Corps question local villagers ...
Troops of 25th Indian Division make an ...
Reel 1: A file of Indian troops of (probably 14th Battalion) 13th Frontier Force Rifles, seen in silhouette, walks towards the shore of the River Irrawaddy; the sun is low on the ...
Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles cross the Irrawaddy River ...
Reel 1: (Diego Garcia) Aerial view of a ship at sea and of an island in the Indian Ocean, probably Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago. Two men operate a fuel pump; a pipe ...
The Royal Australian Air Force in action in the Pacific.
The film concentrates on a squadron of Kittyhawks acting principally in a ground support role during the 'island hopping' campaigns, but the commentary ...
Motor transport of IV Indian Corps seen passing through the Oktwin area, south of Toungoo, on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma.
Motor ...
At Mokpalin in southern Burma, the remnants of the Japanese 53rd Division surrender to 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles, of 17th Indian Division.
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