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.

Part one of a double issue (part two - 'India at War') dealing with India's political state while ...

A brief look at an Indian Army Regiment (15th Punjab).

Material includes reveill; arms drill; bayonet practice; signals training ...

I. VICEROY VISITS EASTERN FRONT - Pictures of His Excellency The viceroy, Lord Linlithgow's flying visit to the ...

I. INDIA'S LAST TRIBUTE TO SIR SIKANDAR HYAT KHAN - Showing the funeral procession of Punjab's late Premier.

I. ...

I. "SIR SHENTON THOMAS REUNITED WITH WIFE AFTER 3 AND A 1/2 YEARS OF JAPANESE INTERNMENT". At Calcutta airport, Sir ...

I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...

I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...

I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI

I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI - ...

I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED

I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being ...

I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE

I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE - A cheque is a ...

I. "MR. GANDHI RELEASED" Gandhi is released from the Aga Khan's palace after a year and a half. Initial scenes ...

I. "NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Touring members of the National Defence Council meet ...

I. "WEST AFRICAN'S ROLE IN INDIA'S DEFENCE" West African troops, "toughened by the toughest climate in the world", arrive in ...

I. "KHALSAS WINS M.U.C. GOLD CUP" The Gold Cup Final (soccer) in Madras is won by Khalsa College. The match ...

I. "RAILWAYS ENSURE SAFETY FIRST" A passenger train collision with a concrete block, placed across the line, is staged by ...

I. "THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE FOURTH BOMBAY GRENADIERS" The Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, arrives in Bombay ...

I. "THE EMIR OF KATSINA COMES TO INDIA TO SEE HIS WEST AFRICAN TROOPS" The Muslim Emir of Katsina (on ...

I. "MUSLIMS WIN BOMBAY PENTANGULAR TOURNAMENT FINAL" Cricket veteran Hardstaff comments "I don't remember a more thrilling match in my ...

Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of ...

Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...

Private Valentino Owori of the East African Pioneer Corps receives the British Empire Medal from Lieutenant General R.G.W.H. ...

Film about the Axis air offensive against Malta.

British supply effort, upon which the island is dependent, is rendered ...

Scenes of post-war Burma. The funeral procession is most likely that of Bogyoke Aung San (leader of the ...

The Indian contribution to the war effort.

Titles. Long lines of Indian troops advancing towards camera. A busy Indian street, ...