I. 'ITALY.' The Allied advance on Florence (Tuscany). British Eighth Army M3A1 White scout cars and Daimler scout cars raise dust as they move in convoy along an Italian country road. British Jeeps and Staghound Mk I (Chevrolet M6) armoured cars move ...

I. 'INDIA'S YOUNGEST V.C.' General Claude Auchinleck presents the Victoria Cross (V.C.) to Sepoy Kamal Ram of the 8th Punjab Regiment at Lahore. Kamal Ram, the youngest recipient of the V.C., is carried shoulder high by his regimental comrades. Kamal ...

I. 'ROCKET-FIRING PROJECTILES.' Footage taken in the interior of a British armaments factory highlights the various production steps in the manufacture of 60-lb 3-inch rocket projectiles (RP) for aircraft. Female factory workers fill RP casings with ...

I. 'THE KING IN HOLLAND.' King George VI chats to Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (Commander 21st Army Group) and Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst (Commander 38 Group, RAF) on his arrival in Holland. The King inspects units of a British Armoured ...

I. 'BURMA.' British Fourteenth Army infantry patrol the jungle on the Arakan Front armed with Lee-Enfield Mk III .303-inch rifles. Indian troops lead a mule train over very rough ground. Heavy rainfall lashes a British tented encampment as troops ...

I. 'BRIDGE TO VICTORY.' Bailey Bridge panel sections are loaded onto a London Midlands Scottish (LMS) goods car. Footage taken in the interior of a steelworks manufacturing Bailey Bridge parts shows a female factory worker cutting steel girders with ...

I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' HMS Indefatigable is launched down a Clydebank slipway as gathered crowds look on (completed May 5 1944). King George VI is given a tour of Indefatigable in Portsmouth prior to the ship sailing for the Far East. Accompanying ...

I. 'KING FAROUK VISITS BRITISH NAVY.' King Farouk of Egypt visits the Royal Navy (RN) escort carrier HMS Hunter and is shown talking to an unidentified RN Admiral. King Farouk is accompanied by a Royal Egyptian Navy (REN) Yuzbashi/Youzbashi ( ...

I. 'HOLLAND FREED.' Large numbers of Dutch civilians throng the centre of Rotterdam. Dutch civilians ride on Canadian soft-skinned vehicles. Civilians and nuns wave at the camera from the balcony of a Rotterdam hospital. Dutch civilians ride on ...

I. 'INSIDE GERMANY.' A Russian Army horse-drawn field kitchen moves through a devastated Berlin street. Extended footage shows bomb and shell damaged buildings and burnt-out German soft-skinned vehicles. A bullet-pocked road sign reading "Unter den ...

I. 'LIBERATION OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.' Royal Navy landing craft (LCTA 051) sail into St Peter Port Harbour in Guernsey. Panoramic footage shows British merchantmen sailing towards the Channel Islands. Civilians stand outside the premises of George ...

I. 'BRITISH METEORS GIVE DISPLAY.' Royal Air Force (RAF) groundcrews manhandle a Gloster Meteor Mk III fighter aircraft into an engine start position. RAF groundcrews work on a Meteor fighter of 616 Squadron prior to a display being given in honour ...