Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records scenes of local life in Colombo, Gordon Gardens, fire fighters tackling an oil conflagration in the docks [either Colombo or Trincomalee, and caused by a spark from an ...
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 ...
INTEREST. Shots of the sea from the side of "S.S. Narkunda" (31). The bridge of the ship (65). The engine room (120). The bridge (142). Life boat drill (198). Shots of the sea from the side of the ship (212).
Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while Admiral Lord Louis ...
Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while Lord Louis Mountbatten ...
African troops (askaris), probably of the 11th East African Division, are seen training in jungle country in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
African soldiers, ...
The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.
The squadron's tour takes in the principal ports of the Empire. At each port the ships of the squadron ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEW GUINEA WAR IS A BATTLE OF SUPPLY LINES WARTIME CROWD RELAXES AT BIG SOCCER MATCH U.S. TROOPS LAND AT BRAZZAVILLE IN WEST AFRICA MACROBERT GIFT OF FIGHTERS IS NOW IN ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEWS FROM CEYLON DESERT OFFENSIVE GETS GOING
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include HYDERABAD TODAY NEWS IN BRIEF FRIENDSHIP CARGO LEAVES AMERICA BELGIAN CROSS COUNTRY RACE HAIFA HOLLAND TOYS AND JOYS FOR THE KIDDIES CEYLON PARLIAMENT LONDON'S NEW TUBE ...
Messages home from British servicemen (RAF, RN) in Polonnaruwa, Ceylon to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. External scenes.
Early footage from Ceylon.
Title card: 'Views and People in Ceylon'. Shots taken from the front of a train as it moves along a railway track. Train passes through tunnels in the mountains and past open fields. Medium shot of barber trimming ...
Ceylon's tea industry.
Life in Ceylon is shown. Elephants are seen and views of Colombo and the walled city of Galle are included.
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RL.1 Opening shots of an arch in Colombo and Ceylonese people. After the achievement of full independence, the opening of the new Parliament by the Duke of Gloucester is shown. A brief historical resume of ...
Reel 1: Film showing flying boat operations and airmen's recreational activities at RAF Koggala in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). RAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft taking off and coming ...
Interest. Rural and town scenes of Ceylon.
No Titles. Busy street scene (5). A group of people, including women and girls, mend a road using pick-axes (31). MS two men squatting on the ground, one is having a shave and his moustache ...
Sixteen African chiefs, the heads of tribes represented in 11th East African Division fighting in Burma, are received at Government House in Colombo, ...
A commercial for Co-op tea in the guise of a documentary about tea production.
The film shows how tea is grown, picked and selected in Ceylon, and how in wartime it has to be shipped by convoy. A women making a pot ...
Scenes of entertainment activities onboard the troopship HMT Dilwara.
A tug-of-war; Indian Other Ranks (ORs) versus British Other Ranks. The ...
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given over to food production, a significant contribution is made by the British Commonwealth of ...
A view of Ceylon towards the end of the war, looking back over the period of defensive war, and to current preparations for the offensive.
General material on Ceylon's religions and economy (tea, rubber, rice) is ...
The tea-gardens of India and Ceylon.
Aerial view of countryside around the tea-gardens (54). The Kangchenjunga mountain railway is followed on its journey in the Himalayas. Views of the tea-gardens with waterfalls (118). A ...
INTEREST. Kandy, Sri Lanka: a temple set in trees. Pans left to right (69). A gateway with a small boy sweeping the steps. Elephants are carved either side of the entrance (87). People praying towards stars painted on the walls of the temple (124 ...
Members of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) including George Formby, the British music hall artist, arrive to entertain ...
Amateur film of travels in hilly country. Also elephants seen performing and natives dancing. [Assigned: 'Ceylon' scratched onto the reel of film].
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 ...
Colombo harbour. Dedication of War Memorial Arch/Monument in Delhi.
Air show display at Delhi. Ascot Racemeeting. Small children enjoy life on Doresetshire farm. Troops road marching at Sandhurst. Carthorse on Dorset farm. ...
Market scene, cattle in river, village scene with elephant and wild deer; more elephants, village scene, coconuts, bats in trees. Flowers in park, Cabbage Palm Avenue, street scenes, lake, elephants in river, view of lake, street ...
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. "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. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED
I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being loaded with precious food grains. Mr Casey, Bengal's new ...
Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in Air Command South East Asia. The map flips upright, so the camera is looking directly down on it, and commentary explains the basic geography of ...
Reel 1: A carpenter at work among palm trees. An armourer carries a Browning machine gun. Close-up of carpenter. Close-up of armourer. An airman works on a wooden oar. Close-up ...
Unedited footage of railway and road traffic in Ceylon. Also footage of the launching of sailing boats from the beaches.
The tea plantations of Ceylon.
17th century map of Ceylon. Commentary states that the island has been known to traders for many centuries. Shots of interior forests. Footage of Buddhist temples and statues, many in ruins: 'The dry climate of the ...
Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command chairs a meeting with other senior British and American officers.
Present ...
Everyday life in Ceylon, with special emphasis on the fishing industry.
Title card: 'Negombo Coast'. Archaic map of south east Asia, then a focus on Ceylon on the same map; commentary explains that 'Ceylon lies just off the most ...
The new Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, arrives at Ratmalana airport in Columbo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
The retiring ...
START 00:00:00 04:09 Title card 'Trincomalee Harbour. Royalist "Ameer" "Hunter"'. A voyage around the anchorage in the Bay of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), in a motor launch past the light anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Royalist, flagship of the 21st ...
A ruined planter makes good in Australia and returns in time to save his fiancée from a nunnery.
High angle shots from roof of Secretariat building of procession moving though Columbo with civilians all around. Twelve Spitfire Mk VIII's in four three-aircraft 'vics' fly ...
