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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
I. "MUSLIMS WIN BOMBAY PENTANGULAR TOURNAMENT FINAL" Cricket veteran Hardstaff comments "I don't remember a more thrilling match in my ...
A procession of decorated elephants with howdahs, and troops on foot and horseback. This appears to be the Delhi Durbar ...
Natural rubber production in Travancore.
Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and ...
No titles. Static shot. An Indian woman (dressed in a sari) emerges from an Indian style doorway accompanied by a ...
Hindu troops of 1st Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment, stationed in Saigon (French Indo-China, now Vietnam) celebrate the festival ...
INTEREST. An Indian baby is held in various positions on the knees of an Indian woman, while another pours several ...
AMATEUR. Scenes in an Indian wildlife park.
A couple, in colonial style clothes, stand behind a tapir. The man strokes and ...
A brief picture of the training of India's army and a record of its service overseas through the ...
Seeta is captured and Berger is reported dead after a cliff fall. Berger's sister and her husband are suspicious and ...
Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge ...
An optimistic Vichy/German newsreel produced just before Stalingrad and Alamein is used as a basis for ironic British ...
Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...
Reel 1 Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilson at Dalla dockyard, Rangoon: shot of the name 'Noel K Adam' above ...
Amateur film showing some of the inland waterway constructions in the Punjab.
TRAVELOGUE. Jaipur is the "Pink City" and the capital of Rajasthan in India. This travelogue shows the State Parade including ...
Amateur film of Indian wildlife. Includes, a black buck; a wild pig being fed; the road to Udaipur; a ram ...
Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed ...
With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of ...
Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to ...
Crowd watching from rails at the Royal Turf Club in Bangkok; camera pans to follow the horses. Rear quarter close-up ...
Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division ...
Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a ...