An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal West African Frontier Force are seen on manoeuvres in Ceylon, the Gold Coast regiment are shown building a ferry, and the ...

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: CANADA - AIRFIELD OF DEMOCRACY NEWS IN FLASHES P.M. BACK WITH PLANS

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: The QUEEN HONOURS A.T.S. DIAMOND JUBILEE OF BOYS' BRIGADE ITALY LORD WAVELL LEAVES FOR INDIA GREAT U.S. AIR ASSAULT

West Indians serving in Britain during World War II talk about their work in the armed forces and in civilian life.

Rl. 1. In a BBC sound studio, Una Marson opens a broadcast to the West Indies and introduces West Indians who talk ...

DOCUMENTARY. The work of the Hadassah Medical Organisation (sponsored by the Women's Zionist Organisation of America) in Palestine, particularly during World War II. The Hadassah Organisation brings American techniques to help the Jewish ...

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: SOUTH AFRICA COAST DEFENCE PRESENTING SEAFIRES LIGHTER MOMENTS IN THE DESERT MANNED BY WOMEN KENYA POLICE AT FOOTBALL INDIANS IN TUNIS R.A.F. TREBLES WEIGHT OF AVERAGE ...

Drama tracing the life of a crusty old man of World War II to his military beginnings as a dashing young officer winning the VC in the Boer War.

This film describes the adventures of the famous convoy to Malta in August, 1942. It shows some general views of the island, and gives several shots of the ships in the convoy such as, the battleships Nelson and Rodney. After heavy ...

For detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: UNITED NATIONS DAY IN CAIRO TRANSPORT PROBLEMS IN BURMA The KING CONFERS WITH ALLIED COMMANDERS NEWSBRIEFS CHURCHILL A FREEMAN

Colour documentary showing the migration of a Barotse tribe from Mongu to Limulunga during the seasonal floods.

The film opens with scenes of agricultural life 'in the Barotse province of Northern Rhodesia' and shows the daily life ...

A look at the work done at the Chipembi Institution in Northern Rhodesia, beginning with a journey to reach it beginning in Southampton and eventually settling on the experiences of Amon, his education, his marriage to Salome and his vocation as an ...

For detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: The KING WITH THE CANADIANS DESPATCHES FROM TUNISIA FUNERAL OF A V.C. NORTH AFRICAN FRONT ADAMU SOKOTA JOINS UP LORD LOUIS AT SANDHURST

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: 'TRAIN BUSTNG' MUSTANGS KING AND QUEEN VISIT U.S. AIRFIELDS ROYAL CHILDREN AT THE SHOW A.T.S. OVERSEAS SECRET JUNGLE ARMY N BURMA VICTORY MARCH IN TUNIS

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: FIFTH ARMY ACROSS THE VOLTURNO PERSONALITIES: LORD LINLITHGOW, LORD LOUIS, MR.EDEN (LORD LINLITHGOW ARRIVES BACK IN ENGLAND) (LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN ARRIVES IN INDIA) (MR. ...

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Items include: MOSQUITOES GET STINGS IN MASS PRODUCTION CHINESE SET FOR BURMA OFFENSIVE P.M. OPTIMISTIC AT MANSION HOUSE EDEN REPORTS BIG SUCCESS IN MOSCOW BAD WEATHER AIDS NAZIS ...

The courage and service of the British merchant seaman, typified by the story of a Newfoundlander who had been torpedoed four times, related in an interview in his room as he packs for a new trip.

After an opening ...

A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George VI.

The King is "a symbol of unity" who links the Empire in "geography, history and destiny" and also an ...

An optimistic Vichy/German newsreel produced just before Stalingrad and Alamein is used as a basis for ironic British commentary following those events.

Opening titles explain that the newsreel was ...

Mute print of film showing the life of Royal Navy crews defending the Atlantic convoys during the Second World War.

New crews arrive at ships, and go through routine processing - having medical inspection, receiving ...

King George VI visits Malta in June, 1943, after visiting the troops in North Africa.

'This film is presented to Malta, GC, by His Majesty's Government as a permanent record of a historical occasion'. The film shows: ...

START 10:00:00 Film title and intertitles "At Algiers on September 6, 1943, General Eisenhower and Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham assigned me to witness the surrender of the Italian fleet... Departing from Malta the evening of ...

START 00:00:00 Scenes filmed in slow motion during a practice gunnery shoot off Scapa Flow, possibly 16 June 1943: a gunnery officer (?) scanning the sea through a pair of binoculars on the bridge of HMS Nelson, a cloud of cordite drifting by as the ...

START 00:00:01 Panning shots of the naval anchorage at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, April (?) 1943: there are several tank landing ships (LSTs), a U or V Class destroyer armed with four twin 4-inch guns moored alongside the ex-cruiser turned fleet repair ...

I. "Bomber Assault - Bostons hit Valenciennes": Daylight aerial shots show British bombs falling on the assembly sheds, forges, and steel foundries of Valenciennes.

II. "Mr Churchill Returns from Moscow": the first meeting between the ...