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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.   

 
 
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SO THIS IS INDIA - AIRMEN ON LEAVE IN DARJEELING (5/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Airmen Paddy and Jock sitting in a train compartment. They lean out of a window. Paddy leans from ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - AN RAF THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON MOVES... (1945)

Further scenes for 'So This Is India' showing the move of RAF 30 Squadron and their Republic Thunderbolt ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - TRAIN SEQUENCE (1945) (1945)

Short section of footage of a railway locomotive for 'So This Is India'.

A train steams towards camera and ...

 

SOUTHERN INDIA - TOBACCO AREA (1937)

Amateur film. The tobacco industry in Andhra Pradesh, particularly at Chirala, about 200 miles north of Madras on the east ...

 

SPORTS - MAHARAJAH-TAZIA (1932)

Amateur film showing a fair, military sports, the arrival of the Maharajah, show jumping, and dancing. Pet monkey. Fair at ...

 

St Joseph's Missionary Society Collection 1-79 (1920)

The St. Joseph's Collection consists of 79 reels donated to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum by the Mill Hill ...

 

STAYING ON (1980)

TV dramatisation of the novel by Paul Scott about an elderly English couple who stay on in India after the ...

 

STORY OF THE WEST AFRICAN TROOPS (31/10/1944) (1944)

The 81st West African Division is in the process of pushing the Japanese from Mowdok, India (Bangladesh) to ...

 

STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY (1959)

India 1820. An officer of the British East India Company, against all opposition, tracks down a gang of religious thieves ...

 

STREET SCENES IN SAIGON (14/9/1945) (1945)

Scenes from Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), now occupied by 20th Indian Division.

Two British officers are saluted ...

 

STRING OF BEADS A TEA GARDEN IDYLL (1948) enhanced entry

Story of two workers, Ramdas and Mangri, in an Indian tea garden and description of Indian village life in Assam.

Bullock ...

 

SUPPLY LINES: CHITTAGONG TO DOHAZARI TO ARAKAN (1944... (1944)

Film showing the movement of supplies from the port of Chittagong, India (Bangladesh), to Dohazari and onwards by ...

 

SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EN ROUTE TO SINGAPORE (10/9/1945) (1945)

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, is seen en route to Singapore with General ...

 

SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER VISITS 3RD SPECIAL SERVICE... (1944)

The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits officers and men of 3rd Special ...

 

SWORD DANCE PERFORMED BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN IN... (1912)

Main title (2). A fakir (dressed only in loin cloth) helps his two assistants to set up a pattern of ...

 

SZENEN AUS DEM FERNEN OSTEN (1909)

INTEREST. Scenes from the Far East.

Crowds of native people at a quayside passing items from hand to hand to load ...

 

TANK AND INFANTRY ATTACK ON YEWE (5/4/1945) (1945)

Supported by tanks, Gurkha infantry of 48th Brigade, 17th Indian Division, IV Corps, seen mopping up pockets of ...

 

TANK, AIR AND INFANTRY ATTACK ON PYINBONGYI AT 68 MILESTONE... (1945)

Tanks and infantry of 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, supported by aircraft, overcome unexpected Japanese resistance at the ...

 

TEMPLES OF INDIA (1938) enhanced entry

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythology associated with them.

Three holy men sitting on a raised stone platform ...

 

TEMPLES OF SOUTH INDIA (1944)

Travelogue across part of South India with specific interest in the temples of the region. Both the beauty and the ...

 

THAR DESERT TOWN: BIKANER (1937)

Documentary on life in a desert town.

 

THE ADVANCE TO MEIKTILA (27/2/1945) (1945)

Tanks and men from 255th Armoured Brigade and 17th Indian Division spearhead the advance across the Irrawaddy River ...

 

THE APPROACH TO MEIKTILA (1/3/1945) (1945)

As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt ...

 

the BATTLE FOR FREEDOM (1942) enhanced entry

The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its ...