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 ...

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 ...

I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' King Haakon VII of Norway accompanied by Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha mount a viewing podium in Hyde Park to view a march past of Free Norwegian subjects on the occasion of the King's seventieth birthday. ...

I. 'THE COMMANDO SPIRIT SPREADS.' The commentary outlines the adoption of the main tenets of Commando fighting methods by the forces of the United Nations. Gurkha troops make extensive use of foliage as cover during jungle exercises in Ceylon. ...

I. 'CHURCHILL IN THE MIDDLE EAST.' Cheering crowds greet British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his arrival in Cyprus following his successful visit to Adana in Turkey for discussions with President Ismet Inn. Churchill chats to representatives ...

I. 'BOMBING OFFENSIVE.' Royal Air Force (RAF) Douglas Boston bomber aircraft (2 Group) fly at very low level over the sea to avoid detection by German early warning radar during the raid on the Philips radio factory at Eindhoven in Holland (December ...

I. 'INDIA.' Relief work in Midnapore district of Bengal after the cyclone. Hundreds of Bengali civilians queue at field kitchens to receive a grain hand-out and cooked food. Indian doctors use hypodermic syringes to vaccinate local civilians against ...

I. 'THE FLEET SINKS AN ITALIAN WARSHIP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.' A British naval patrol reportedly pursues three enemy ships for a day and a night. Shots of activity aboard RN vessels including lookouts on bridge. Enemy ships are sighted; action ...

Shot on 23 October 1945: view of Rempang Island from the sea. View of the Japanese naval HQ ship, the Aki Maru. Views of the island. Views of typical jungle country on the island. ...

Reel 1: Shot from Sunderland of repairs to float and refuelling from DUKW amphibious truck. Airmen hanging washing out on hull of Sunderland. Airborne shots of Brahmaputra River ...

'T for Tommy', a Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron tasked with delivering rice to Kuantan in Malaya, is seen beached after crashing ...