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Lord Mountbatten visits a forward airstrip near Mandalay, with scenes of Hawker Hurricane operations and the RAF Regiment.
Hawker ...
Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits the Kohima and Imphal fronts, India.
Mountbatten arrives ...
Lord Munster, Under-Secretary of State for India makes a tour of welfare inspection of British troops in India.
Lord ...
Personal film of Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India from the early to mid-1930s.
Brief shot of moving steam train. Indian Maharajah ...
Romantic drama set in Hong Kong. Story of the ill-fated love of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor.
An account of the method by which Hong Kong Kong island and Kowloon on the mainl and were joined by ...
Amateur film. City scenes in Calcutta.
Rarely seen footage of Gandhi filmed by his great nephew, Kanu.
Speaks to a large crowd, possibly outside a railway station. ...
Major-General Francis Festing, commander of 36th Division, seen attending a briefing.
High shot looking down as two officers, one ...
Film showing the past and present life of Malacca.
The film tells how Malacca has been conquered several times ...
Amateur film without titles shot by the Deputy-Prime Minister of Johore (Malaya), Abdul Azis, records distant views of a Wehrmacht ...
A mute educational film portraying life in a typical Malay village of fishermen and rice-farmers.
Brief titles introduce each ...
Attempts to smuggle rubber out of Japanese occupied Java.
TRAVELOGUE. Scenes in Malaya.
No main title. "A prominent land-mark - Government House, residence of the Governor of the Strait Settlements" ...
In Negri Sembilan, one of the nine states of the Malayan Federation, nineteen tribal chieftains renew their allegiance to the ...
The Gordon Highlanders, on a tour of the Malayan jungle, search huts for bandits, taking a prisoner in the process, ...
The General arrives at Kuala Lumpur to take over as High Commissioner of Malaya, and is greeted and shown the ...
In a period of warfare between Malayan bandits and British security forces, the Army and RAF work closely together, and ...
How Malaya has developed its armed forces since the last war.
The Royal Malayan Navy, a small fleet with ...
Tamils who work on the estate. Dancing to celebrate the return of Charles Milne after an absence. Children in garlands. ...
The people of Malaya celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953.
The film opens ...
A description of the operations and the versatility of Radio Malaya.
Every day "the voice of Malaya" broadcasts educational, ...
Travelogue of Malaya.
Government-sponsored film showing the history, buildings and industries of Malaya.
Extensive titles outline the history of the region, under Portuguese, Dutch ...