... . The commentary states that Australia is in the war "up to the hilt" over scenes of parading Bren ... support for the one hundred million pounds war loan. Royal Australian Air Force ( ... aid posts as German and Italian prisoners of war are given food and water. ...

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I. 'HMS DUKE OF YORK.' The commentary points out that the battleship HMS Duke of York (King George V Class) was the ship which took Churchill on his recent visit to the United States. HMS Duke of York is visible on the horizon with smoke from her ...

... President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses Congress on the subject of war production targets for aircraft, merchant shipping and tanks ... Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek follow.

II. 'RUSSIA.' Pre-war stock shots show German leader Adolf Hitler ...

... the arrival of United States forces in Britain during the first World War and their arrival at a port in Northern Ireland at the beginning of 1942. US first World War infantrymen board a destroyer (pennant number 279) on their way to ...

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I. 'THANKS TO THE NAVY.' The commentary outlines events leading to the despatch of the largest supply convoy yet to Malta under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Vian, who is shown posing for photographs on the deck of an unidentified Royal Navy ...

... resigned their positions, protesting at Viceroy Linlithgow’s declaration of war. In March 1942 Sir Stafford Cripps, Leader ... (Brown, 1994, 328).

The 51^st edition of War Pictorial News delivers a reassuring portrait of Indian ...

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I. 'BOMBER COMMAND STRIKES AGAIN.' Short Stirling bomber aircraft of 7 Squadron RAF are parked at dispersal prior to a raid on the Renault works at Billancourt, France. The Stirling's Bristol Hercules engines are warmed up as a tractor tows bombs of ...

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I. 'ATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.' British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) members are helped from the back of a truck on arrival at the ATS training centre at Sarafand, Palestine. ATS recruits are marched to an initial interview with an ATS Lieutenant ...

... 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 ...

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Malta.

I. 'MALTA.' The commentary states that this film is dedicated to the people of Malta, "who can take it and give it!" Aerial views of Valletta follow showing extensive damage from Axis bombing. Maltese ...

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I. 'JEEPS.' The commentary introduces the "Jeep" (General Purpose utility vehicle GP) over views of British Army officers driving a Willys MB 4x4 Jeep at speed along a Cairo street. The vehicle's ability to negotiate rough terrain is aptly ...

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I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' The commentary stresses that "Britain's victory production drive is in full swing" and that tank production in particular is increasing in volume. Female factory workers brush anti-corrosion paint into vulnerable areas of an ...