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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
After fierce fighting British and Indian soldiers inspect the damage to the town of Tiddim, Burma.
General view of ...
ACTUALITY. Hunting tigers in north India.
Hunters travelling on elephants to a rendezvous from which the elephants advance in a line. ...
Architect Herald Berger is commissioned as advisor to Chandra, the Maharajah of Eschnapur. He becomes involved with Seeta, an Indian ...
The manufacture of kerosene tins in an Indian factory.
Opening shot of palm trees and bullock cart carrying kerosene tins (62). ...
Everyday life and places of interest around the areas of Midnapore and Chittagong.
A steamer in the background and in the ...
Film documenting the training of the Kuantan Police force, 'after three and a half years of enforced idleness ...
After crossing the Irrawaddy River, Burma, troops of the 33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division consolidate the bridgehead ...
INTEREST. An elephant under the dirction of its trainer moves three large tree trunks over muddy ground (30ft). [16mm].
Note: Contained ...
INTEREST. Indian elephants at work hauling timber.
An elephant team pushes its way through a thicket (20). Natives fell and trim ...
Travancore Game Reserve, Bombay, and Bakers Estate, Komeron, Cochin.
A dramatised reconstruction. Venkata Rao, a caste man, becomes a Christian (renamed Paul) despite his family's opposition, and persecution. He ...
HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs ...