... commentary points out that the convoy stretches over eight miles of sea and is loaded down with supplies vital to Britain's war effort. HMS Prince of Wales overtakes various merchant ships including oilers and cargo vessels. The halyards of HMS Prince of ...

... to waiting British troops (posed for camera). A British Crusader Mk I tank drives past a column of German Afrika Korps prisoners of war. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pilot Officer Rechner pulls on his flying boots and dons an Irvin leather flying ...

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I. 'SOUTH AFRICA. Exclusive photo report by Maurice Ford.' A short tour of the war time Union of South Africa. South African Air Force (SAAF) Avro Anson aircraft overfly a rugged part of the South African coastline. Aerial views of Durban with its ...

... recovers after a Japanese bombing raid. Item opens with shots of the "Malaya Tribune" newspaper showing the headline "War Comes to Malaya: Japanese Troops Land at Kota Bahru". Civilians congregate outside the Raffles Hotel. The commentary asserts that the ...

... of the exercises.

III. 'ON THE AUSTRALIAN FRONT.' The commentary points out that for the first time the grim tide of war flows to the Australian shore. Australian coastal defence troops use range-finders in an exercise prior to traversing the guns of ...

... " in Libya and Eritrea as Ordnance QF 25-pounders and 5.5-in medium guns fire at unseen targets. A column of Italian Army prisoners of war are escorted along a desert road to a holding camp. A South African Air Force (SAAF) bomb aimer drops incendiary ...

... "The deeds of these simple country folk will rank high in the roll of honour when the full story of the war comes to be written."

II. 'NEW GUINEA.' Unshaven emaciated Australian troops line up for a parade after the tough campaign in the forests of ...

... armoured cars enter a deserted fort in a swirl of dust. Shots of Italian troops surrendering. (14 June 1940)

II. 'PRISONERS OF WAR.' Italian prisoners are escorted to trucks by armed British troops and sent to desert internment camps. Coverage of the ...

... of Nazi tyranny!'

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A wartime newsreel highlighting the part played by ordinary working men and women in Britain's war effort featuring London taxi drivers in the Home Guard, women manufacturing diamond wire dies for the production ...

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Film giving an overview of the Falklands War, from the departure of the taskforce from the UK to arrival in the South Atlantic, the landings at San Carlos and the Argentine surrender. Logistics, the use of 'ships taken up from trade', the importance ...

... .

Following the Allied reoccupation of Singapore, prisoners of war are seen at Kranji camp, Japanese ... Notes

Part 1: Kranji had been a pre-war military camp and the site of ... number of dead from the First World War and the remains of various other ...

... onboard the troopship HMT Dilwara.

A tug-of-war; Indian Other Ranks (ORs) versus ... ORs are defeated. Second tug-of-war; Sergeants versus Officers. The officers ... handed a certificate of initiation. A third tug-of-war; Sergeants versus Ship's Crew. The ...