... the USA had entered the war and the political situation in India had intensified.

At the outbreak of World War II India’s leading political party, ... , India in Crisis (1942) and India at War (1942), each of which runs for ...

... Relations Headquarters, East African Command, accessed at the Imperial War Museum (824/1).

See the original dope sheets and shot sheets, available at the Imperial War Museum.

For further information on the training of Africans ...

... silent newsreel, The British Empire at War. Colonial Cinema regretted that ... and support of the Africans in the war effort: ‘the people of Africa ... , sinking ships, so that we may understand war: not manufacturing aeroplanes, repairing guns ...

Great Britain

West Indians serving in Britain during World War II talk about their work in the armed forces and in civilian life.

Rl. 1. In a BBC sound studio, Una Marson opens a broadcast to the West Indies and introduces West Indians who talk ...

... Women's Zionist Organisation of America) in Palestine, particularly during World War II. The Hadassah Organisation brings American techniques to ... encourage the people of Palestine to play their part in the War and to continue fighting for their rights (728 ...

Great Britain

Drama tracing the life of a crusty old man of World War II to his military beginnings as a dashing young officer winning the VC in the Boer War.

... the experiences of foreign characters and to a ‘war they did not understand’. ...  (in colour). Started during the War, both were intended for African ... Ministry of Information theatre during the war as an example of the Unit’s work ...

... , with occasional illustrative use of stills and stock shots, and interruptions by a commentator. Torpedoed first in the Spanish Civil War, second time in 1940 on the tanker 'Imperial Transport' which broke in two, the crew successfully bringing the stern ...

... (eds.), Come on Down?: Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain(London: Routledge, 1992).

Jackson, Ashley, The ... Clio Press, 1980).

‘Empire’s Part in the War’, The Times, 20 October 1943, 8.

...

... , showing film of the Russian counter-offensive at Stalingrad, the British Alamein campaign, and Indian mobilisation for the Allied war effort to counteract each of the newsreel points. The end of the newsreel is followed by scenes of activities in North ...

... header'>Mute print of film showing the life of Royal Navy crews defending the Atlantic convoys during the Second World War.

New crews arrive at ships, and go through routine processing - having medical inspection, receiving kit. Life onboard is ...

... at Scapa Flow in February 1941. Up until that point, the battleship's war service had been unspectacular; in December 1939, she struck a ... and saw service in the Far East just before the war against Japan ended in August 1945. HMS Nelson was decommissioned ...