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Ceylon achieved independence in 1948 as the Dominion of Ceylon, a name later changed to Sri Lanka.
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 ...