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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 ( ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

... PRISONERS.' Mr R G Casey, Governor of Bengal, boards a merchantman in Calcutta Harbour carrying British and Indian prisoners of war. Prior to boarding the merchantman, the men were liberated in Rangoon from three years of Japanese captivity. Smiling, but ...

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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 ...

... tame elephants to herd them into captivity. Film footage shows the capture and training of the reluctant elephants.

II. 'CLOTHING FOR WAR AND PEACE.' Panoramic footage shows the ruins of a textile factory apparently hit by a German "rocket bomb". ...

... machines in operation and flooded Dutch farmsteads.

III. 'THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN.' Interior footage shows male and female factory ... building is contrasted with stock shot footage of its pre-war splendour (including brief footage of Adolf Hitler at an ...

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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 ...

... flyer for the Malaya Tribune newspaper reads "Malaya At War." Australian troops fire an Ordnance QF 25-pounder howitzer at high ... Adolf Hitler saluting. Footage of German Army (Heer) prisoners of war follow. Winston L S Churchill, Clement R Attlee, Bernard L ...

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I. 'BRUSSELS.' Elements of the Guards Armoured Division (British XXX Corps) march through the streets of Brussels as civilian spectators look on from the windows of surrounding buildings. A Guards Armoured Division pipe band makes its way towards the ...

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I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are driven in an open carriage to St Paul's Cathedral for a day of national thanksgiving for victory over Japan. On the boundaries of the City of London, ...

... by the merchant marine of Britain and Commonwealth.

Notes

Series sequence: this is the last issue under the title WAR PICTORIAL NEWS - from issue number 230 onwards, although the numerical sequence continues unbroken, the title changes to WORLD ...