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Survey of the Zionist side of the problem of the occupation of Palestine.
The situation in India in 1942.
Titles. Elephants heading along a road. A wide plain in India. Aeroplanes flying in ...
The Indian contribution to the war effort.
Titles. Long lines of Indian troops advancing towards camera. A busy Indian street, ...
After a service of thanksgiving in Rangoon to mark the end of the war in Europe the troops ...
In Hong Kong, British and Indian troops of the so-called 'Brindjap' force, bound for the occupation of Japan, ...
Troops bound for Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade at the Municipal Building ...
Field Security Section attached to the 100th Brigade attend to the medical needs of local Burmese from the ...
The work of medical missions in Southern Nigeria, Sarawak, Nepal and South India.
In the jungle around the town of Tamandu, Burma, a field hospital has been set up to look ...
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, entertains a range of Burmese dignitaries aboard the Royal ...
Major-General Eric Mansergh, commander of 5th Indian Division, seen conferring with Major-General David 'Punch' Cowan, commander of 17th ...
Men and women of the Entertainments National Service Association, or ENSA, entertain RAF personnel on a forward airstrip ...
Development programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika illustrate that "even in the midst of war, Great Britain does ...
Infantry of the Assam Rifles seen preparing various traps during jungle warfare training at Sadiya, Assam, India.
Wide shot; ...
Units of the National Revolutionary Army (Chinese Nationalist army) march through Hong Kong.
A crowd of Chinese civilians is ...
Indian troops of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division) seen on patrol in the ...
Independence Day celebrations in Malaya, 31 August 1957.
Over shots of government buildings, the British voiceover introduces the film; ...
Edited footage showing joint American and British military police activities in Calcutta, India.
City scene showing a stationary tram ...
Unedited footage of railway and road traffic in Ceylon. Also footage of the launching of sailing boats from the beaches. ...
Muddy frontline conditions are emphasised through shots of airmen wading through waterlogged airfield perimeter trenches, and later pushing ...
The tea plantations of Ceylon.
17th century map of Ceylon. Commentary states that the island has been known to traders ...
Infantry of 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) seen patrolling in monsoon conditions in the flooded 'Sittang ...
No main title. A man writes `God Save the King' on a blackboard. "Nevertheless they are exceedingly grateful and sent ...
Mortar crews of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 5th Indian Division, engage Japanese snipers near Toungoo, Burma.
An Ordance ...
Operations by RAF De Havilland Mosquito aircraft at Joari airfield, east of Cox's Bazaar, India, and paratroopers descending ...
Mount Kinabalu is one of richest botanical regions in world. An account of the 1961 Royal Society expedition
Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command chairs a meeting with other senior British and American ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
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Mountbatten ...
Colonial Secretary Mr Oliver Lyttelton is interviewed following his return from a visit to Malaya.
Brief film showing vehicles of 5th Indian Division struggling in muddy conditions on the Tiddim Road, Burma.
Vehicles negotiating ...
At a Remount Depot and Veterinary Hospital, mules are treated and trained ready for service on the Burma ...
Murut agriculture in Borneo in 1954-55.
Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter. Includes footage of people working in Mirzapur City and District; general street ...
India' s most popular instruments.
Title card: 'Musical Instruments of India' over picture of instruments. Rolling script: 'Part of the ...
The man alleged to be behind Triad violence in Britain is confronted in this programme in the heart of Hong ...
A record of the Thaw Asiatic Expedition. The Maharajah of Mysore and the Prime Minister. The Krishna Raja Saga Dam ...
Amateur film shot by British Army Doctor showing a variety of scenes in and around Mysore (Southern India) including festival ...
Naga refugees shown tending a church garden and graveyard (including British graves), and rebuilding their shattered village of ...
INTEREST. Scenes in North Borneo.
Titles (11). Gap. Main title (14). Titles (21). MS house, native people in the foreground, a ...
A street busy with pedestrians and animal-drawn carts is filmed from a static camera position. Many of the Indian men ...
Everyday life in Ceylon, with special emphasis on the fishing industry.
Title card: 'Negombo Coast'. Archaic map of south east ...
The new Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, arrives at Ratmalana airport in Columbo, Ceylon (Sri ...
Amateur film of New Delhi. Street scenes. Fountains. Show jumping and horse artillery on parade. AV from a plane. Interior ...
The building of the Nilgiris and Mettur Dam.