I. British Aid to Greece.
I. 'BRITISH AID TO GREECE.' Quayside views of Greek docks with heavy-lift cranes unloading British military supplies for use by the Greek military. British 4x2 trucks are unloaded. Cut to ...
I. British Aid to Greece.
I. 'BRITISH AID TO GREECE.' Quayside views of Greek docks with heavy-lift cranes unloading British military supplies for use by the Greek military. British 4x2 trucks are unloaded. Cut to ...
I. 'ITALY- BOMBERS OVER THE SANGRO.' This item duplicates Item III of WPN 140.
II. 'LIVING OFF THE LAND.' This item duplicates Item IV of WPN 140.
III. 'SHEEP HERD MOVE TO NEW PASTURES IN US FAR WEST.' Large numbers of sheep are moved ...
I. 'GUNNERS OF HINDUSTAN.' An item that covers the equipment and training of Indian Army artillery units. A large antique cannon is displayed on a plinth on a street in Lahore (Punjab) as civilians go about their daily business. Antique flintlock ...
I. 'BRITAIN IS READY.' British Prime Minister Winston Churchill watches army exercises. A convoy of troop carrying trucks drives along an isolated road towards the intended area of the exercise. Infantry then climb out of the trucks and set up ...
I. 'BURMA.' A Japanese prisoner is escorted by club wielding British troops into a jungle encampment during a lull in the fighting on the Arakan front. Wounded Japanese on stretchers are off-loaded from the back of a British soft-skinned vehicle. The ...
I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' British civilian workers use square-mesh metal track in the construction of a new airfield. Construction workers unroll the square-mesh and peg it into the turf to consolidate aircraft taxiways and runways. The commentary ...
I. 'INDIA.' Lord Archibald Wavell, Viceroy of India, chats to local dignitaries during his first official tour of Bombay Province. Assamese forestry workers unload logs from the back of a soft-skinned vehicle. A British official (Governor of Assam ?) ...
I. 'BURMA.' Indian Army personnel working on air supply duties load air-dropping packs with food rations. In a storage area, stacked packages await loading onto transport aircraft, as South East Asia Command (SEAC) pilots gather in the shade of a ...
I. WPN Special- 'INVASION.' The commentary outlines the events of Tuesday June 6th 1944, the Allied invasion of Western Europe (Normandy landings). Film footage taken from the interior of a Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bomber shows its ...
I. 'ON THREE FRONTS- FRANCE.' Allied naval shipping is shown at sea. King George VI wearing a life jacket, stands on the bridge of an unidentified Royal Navy ship (HMS Arethusa ?) on his way to visit the Allied beachheads in Normandy. On arrival at ...
I. 'INVASION NEWS.' A Royal Air Force (RAF) 4x2 David Brown light tractor tows a bomb train of 60-lb 3-in aircraft rockets past a parked Hawker Typhoon Mk IB fighter aircraft (no Squadron codes visible). The commentary outlines the specifications of ...
I. 'BURMA.' An item introducing the activities of the Chindits in Burma and relating to the capture of the strategic Burmese market town of Mogaung by elements of the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade. A Chindit column is shown on the move on a jungle ...