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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Footage of Sarnath and Benares; film of the Santal tribe of North East India. Possibly made as a teaching film ...
ACTUALITY. Garden party given by Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India during the Calcutta `season'.
Main title (10). The garden party guests ...
Men of 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment (of 23rd Long-Range Penetration (LRP) Brigade, part of 3rd Indian Division (also known as ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Abbott: Pan around Kranji POW camp showing huts amongst trees, men walking about and others ...
Travelogue films showing indigenous life in the interwar period, filmed by the British traveller, linguist, spy and author ...
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 ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkinson of the Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley Rifles), Indian Army while serving on the North-West Frontier ...
Amateur film showing a picnic and a fishing trip in Scotland, and Indian troops being trained by British officers in ...
Reel 1: Men laden with kit board the Otranto at Bombay harbour. Female personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ...
Drama. Historical. The child of a sepoy is dangerously ill. Despite her husband's prejudices, the sepoy's wife goes to the ...
British servicemen go riding in Darjeeling, Bengal Province, India.
A mountain range shrouded with cloud. Five British servicemen ride ...
Amateur film of a climbing party in Kashmir.
Team of men with packs walking through mountain pass (11). Snow and mountains, ...
Period film, set against the annexation of the kingdom of Avadh by the British in 1856.
Amateur footage: Shillong races, golf, picnics (attended by Lord and Lady Willingdon) and market scenes.
START 00:00:00 Scenes filmed from 28 to 30 April 1940 in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean showing at least ...
Amateur film taken in Sikkim and Nepal.
Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits a variety of locations in ...
Sir Ronald Cross, British High Commissioner to Australia, visits Imphal airfield and is received by Air Commodore Vincent.
Lockheed ...
Newsreel item on air travel to India.
Reel 1: Panning shot over rooftops of Worli Transit Camp, Bombay, (Mumbai) India. Local women carrying 'charpoys'; bedsteads or cots ...
Additional footage for ABY 73 'So This Is India'.
Medium-distant shot of men loading a Bedford lorry. The lorry ...
A further instalment for 'So This Is India' sees Aircraftman Flower arrive at RAF Redhills Lake, Madras (Chennai) ...
A further instalment of 'So This Is India' in which Aircraftman 'Paddy' Murray goes by air to a ...