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Ceylon achieved independence in 1948 as the Dominion of Ceylon, a name later changed to Sri Lanka.
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given ...
A view of Ceylon towards the end of the war, looking back over the period of defensive war, ...
The tea-gardens of India and Ceylon.
Aerial view of countryside around the tea-gardens (54). The Kangchenjunga mountain railway is followed on ...
INTEREST. Kandy, Sri Lanka: a temple set in trees. Pans left to right (69). A gateway with a small boy ...
Members of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) including George Formby, the British music hall artist, arrive to ...
Colombo harbour. Dedication of War Memorial Arch/Monument in Delhi.
Air show display at Delhi. Ascot Racemeeting. Small children enjoy life ...
Market scene, cattle in river, village scene with elephant and wild deer; more elephants, village scene, coconuts, bats in trees. ...
Amateur film of travels in hilly country. Also elephants seen performing and natives dancing. [Assigned: 'Ceylon' scratched onto the reel ...
Prince Henry of Gloucester (en route to take up post of Governor General in Australia?) inspects units of ...
I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...
I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED
I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being ...
Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...
Reel 1: A carpenter at work among palm trees. An armourer carries a Browning machine gun. Close-up of carpenter. 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 ...
Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command chairs a meeting with other senior British and American ...
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 ...
START 00:00:00 04:09 Title card 'Trincomalee Harbour. Royalist "Ameer" "Hunter"'. A voyage around the anchorage in the Bay of Trincomalee, ...
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 ...