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Ceylon achieved independence in 1948 as the Dominion of Ceylon, a name later changed to Sri Lanka.
Seventh film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This ...
INTEREST.
RL.1 Opening shots of an arch in Colombo and Ceylonese people. After the achievement of full independence, the opening of ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include HYDERABAD TODAY NEWS IN BRIEF FRIENDSHIP CARGO LEAVES AMERICA BELGIAN CROSS COUNTRY ...
Amateur film of travels in hilly country. Also elephants seen performing and natives dancing. [Assigned: 'Ceylon' scratched onto the reel ...
Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while ...
Sixteen African chiefs, the heads of tribes represented in 11th East African Division fighting in Burma, are received ...
Scenes of entertainment activities onboard the troopship HMT Dilwara.
A tug-of-war; Indian Other Ranks (ORs) versus British Other Ranks. ...
A view of Ceylon towards the end of the war, looking back over the period of defensive war, ...
Members of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) including George Formby, the British music hall artist, arrive to ...
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 ...
Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...
Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command chairs a meeting with other senior British and American ...
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, ...
Former Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently released from Japanese captivity, arrive in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) en ...
Shot on 29 September 1945: An Avro York transport aircraft taxiing; it has the 'phoenix' badge of the Supreme Allied ...
A military mission from Siam (Thailand) arrives at the headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia ...
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 ...
African troops (askaris), probably of the 11th East African Division, are seen training in jungle country in Ceylon ...
Messages home from British servicemen (RAF, RN) in Polonnaruwa, Ceylon to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. External scenes.
Reel 1: Film showing flying boat operations and airmen's recreational activities at RAF Koggala in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). RAF Consolidated ...
I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED
I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being ...
Reel 1: A carpenter at work among palm trees. An armourer carries a Browning machine gun. Close-up of carpenter. Close-up ...
High angle shots from roof of Secretariat building of procession moving though Columbo with civilians all around. Twelve Spitfire Mk ...
Drama-documentary about a Methodist mission founded in 1816 in Colombo, which helps young tea-plantation workers to learn new skills.
Reel One.
Scenes ...
Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records scenes of local life in Colombo, Gordon ...
An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEW GUINEA WAR IS A BATTLE OF SUPPLY LINES WARTIME CROWD RELAXES ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEWS FROM CEYLON DESERT OFFENSIVE GETS GOING
A commercial for Co-op tea in the guise of a documentary about tea production.
The film shows how tea ...
I. "News from Ceylon." Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, and Sir Henry Turnbull, Officer in Command, are escorted ...
Life in Ceylon is shown. Elephants are seen and views of Colombo and the walled city of Galle are included. ...
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given ...
Unedited footage of railway and road traffic in Ceylon. Also footage of the launching of sailing boats from the beaches. ...
START 00:00:00 Scenes filmed from 28 to 30 April 1940 in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean showing at least ...
START 00:00:00 Monochrome views of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon filmed in late 1939, showing a French light cruiser identified ...
START 00:00:00 Views filmed inside a drydock (probably the one at Whampoa Dock from 21 to 24 October 1939) showing ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant David Heber-Percy while serving on HMS Colombo (1933-1935) of shore scenes in the ...
The tea-gardens of India and Ceylon.
Aerial view of countryside around the tea-gardens (54). The Kangchenjunga mountain railway is followed on ...
Market scene, cattle in river, village scene with elephant and wild deer; more elephants, village scene, coconuts, bats in trees. ...
The tea plantations of Ceylon.
17th century map of Ceylon. Commentary states that the island has been known to traders ...
Everyday life in Ceylon, with special emphasis on the fishing industry.
Title card: 'Negombo Coast'. Archaic map of south east ...
DOCUMENTARY.
r.1 Part 1 - the Buddha. Scenes of dark jungle with glimpses of animals, ruined temples and tropical vegetation (180), ...