I. 21 December. Opening with shots of African sappers unloading folding boats from a truck, the film shows the men ...

An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal ...

Burma, 30 January 1942. American Volunteer Group (AVG), Two Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk fighter aircraft warming up for take-off on a ...

A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of ...

START 10:33:25 Two Ford 98T 3-ton lorries deliver the performers and prefabricated theatre pavilion belonging to the East Africa Command's ...

START 10:16:29 A morning parade for seven African NCOs and 27 Other Ranks wearing white cook's uniform serving with 10th ...

A survey of the involvement of India's Home Front in the war effort.

An opening sequence of blackout, ARP ...

A film made for African audiences showing how Basuto troops are occupied in the Allied cause.

A title reads 'Middle East: ...

An army captain wanders, wounded, into a Bedouin tent, and is nursed by the Sheik's daughter, whom he marries.He returns ...

On Ramree Island off the Arakan coast of Burma, local civilians welcome British troops, who go sightseeing with ...

British newsreel covering the British retreat through Burma, an exclusive report by British Paramount cameraman Maurice Ford.

Opening titles ...

Film about the Allied victory in Burma.

Introduction briefly outlines the geography and climate of Burma, and the extent ...

START 10:00:03 Views of dry savannah country in Kenya where two giraffes are seen roaming. Five white hunters turn up ...

Bodh Chandra Singh, Maharaja of Manipur, is crowned in a traditional ceremony at Imphal.

Outside a large, stately building ...

Mules on Mount Olympus. Scottish soldiers eating at Othello's Tower at Famagusta, Cyprus. Soldiers cheering. Local farmers employing traditional farming ...

A tribute to the Indian troops who had fought in the Libyan campaign.

Over film of Indian troops marching ...

Scenes from the Army Exhibition in Nairobi in September 1944. The film depicts African and European schoolboys inspecting ...

A commercial for Co-op tea in the guise of a documentary about tea production.

The film shows how tea ...

Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly ...

Incomplete version (the beginning is missing) of a film about the return home of Fijian soldiers who took ...

A view of Ceylon towards the end of the war, looking back over the period of defensive war, ...

Film showing what happens when a boy joins the Royal Indian Navy.

Footage of India's coastline is used as ...

PROPAGANDA. The way in which Indian hill tribes make contributions to the War effort.

An annual religious festival accompanied by music ...

Scenes of the life of a farmer and his family in Maharashtra during the changing seasons of the year.