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Ceylon achieved independence in 1948 as the Dominion of Ceylon, a name later changed to Sri Lanka.
INTEREST. Scenes from the Far East.
Crowds of native people at a quayside passing items from hand to hand to load ...
START 00:00:00 Monochrome views of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon filmed in late 1939, showing a French light cruiser identified ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...
INTEREST. The growing, collection and processing of tea in Ceylon.
No main title. Tea bushes planted out by natives under European ...
Travelogue of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
I. "News from Ceylon." Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, and Sir Henry Turnbull, Officer in Command, are escorted ...
Personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force arrive by air at an RAF airfield in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Distant ...
Reel 1: Two airwomen sunbathing in a garden. Two women in civilian clothes sitting on a gate. A woman mounts ...
Seventh film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This ...