... of Allied bombing. King Michael I inspects smouldering ruins of refinery. Aerial view, Ruins of Rumanian aircraft factory; ruined rail terminus at Bucharest airport 14/9/1944.

"SECRET STAFF FILM REPORTS: WAR DEPT. 26.", with other material.

... Battalion upon outbreak of Second World War.

(Reel 10) B&W - Departing from Dover Harbour ... Kennard. Other scenes cover pre-war leave in Scotland, car journey to Aqaba, and post-war mission to Greece.

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... kit into aircraft. Black US soldier sprays against mosquitos. Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, commanding 6th US Army, meets war correspondents (including Courtenay). Group shot of Lieutenant General Krueger and correspondents. Parked C-47 aircraft. US ...

... party had been farmers before the war and so the farm tour was of ... narrow gauge railway flatcar by Italian prisoners of war. A fork-lift truck is used to load 250 ... the Mediterranean and in Russia, a grim relentless war has been waged in the steaming jungles ...

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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 ...

... that Britain will have after the war. Girls enter the main school ... using a horse and vaulting apparatus.

II. 'WOMEN AT WAR.' Lebanese women receive direction from a ... of purpose and direction in support of the war effort. At the front, female Russian ...

... informally. The Generalissimo reviews Chinese Nationalist troops at Ramgarh, watching M3 Stuart light tanks on manoeuvres.

II. 'RADIO IN WAR.' An item on the recruitment and training of boys drawn from the families of various Allied nationalities ...

... Egyptians mix cement at a building site using shovels and water as the commentary outlines the importance of cement production to the war effort and everyday industrial life. Panoramic footage shows the main buildings and works of the Tura cement factory ...

... boxing matches follow with the commentary being supplied from the ringside by United States and British service commentators.

III. 'WAR NEWS.' United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt visits the George Cross Island of Malta. A Willys MB 4x4 ...

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I. 'AUSTRALIA.' An item highlighting the work of Australian factories in their support of the war effort. A male factory worker uses a circular grinding wheel to manufacture optical lenses at an optical factory making rangefinders for anti-aircraft ...

... rifles, and an M1 2.36-inch rocket launcher (Bazooka), moving through foliage near the beach. The event is photographed by an official US war photographer (G Short ?). USMC troops lay sandbags in shallow sea water at the edge of a beach to facilitate the ...

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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 ...