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 ...
