Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society at St. Anthony's Hospital, Kawimbe, including maternity, child welfare, ante- and post-natal clinics, and with leprosy patients.
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... ’. ‘For the good of the country and its people, especially the coloured race, all Jamaicans who have the welfare of their country at heart should rise as one and do something to prevent their country and themselves being shown to the world in ...
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... assure you’, he continued, ‘that the King and all of us in the Old Country have very much at heart the welfare of Trinidad and all the British West Indies, as of all other British possessions’ (The Times, 20 September 1920, 9).& ...
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JUTE 1923
... , 96-97).The Titaghur mill was a leader in worker welfare: in 1923 it was alone in starting a scheme to provide ... the film presents it as illustrative of a concern with family welfare.
Although Jute aims to show Thomas Duff & ...
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BIKANER 1934
... . He oversaw the construction of the Ganga canal, which brought water to his rain deficient state. He also introduced a number of welfare schemes; developed hospitals and schools; introduced the first Chief Court in Rajasthan; and created a Representative ... -
... -Fly country’ – seemingly bypasses the largely illiterate local audience, and presents the scheme as evidence of the welfare work of the British in Africa.
The film addresses topics prevalent within other BEKE films, such as the ...
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... measures taken against an outbreak of plague in Lagos, followed by footage of welfare exhibitions in Lagos in 1937.
The film opens with ... camera pans to reveal people visiting the 'Infant welfare exhibition 1937'. The exhibition contains stalls showing ...
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... and administer while the commissioner is on leave and his deputy is ill.
Professor Tibbetts, who works for the Teaching and Welfare Institute for the Reformation of Pagans (TWIRPS), travels to 'darkest Africa' to set up local schools. On his journey ...
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... Batanagar. The company placed particular emphasis on the social welfare of workers, promoting education and mobility and a ... of a modern industrial company (with an emphasis on individual welfare) as it shows customers within a Bata shop, receiving pedicures ...
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Great Britain
Designed to illustrate the importance of child welfare in missionary work. Children in Palestine, India, Africa, China and Japan, and some blind children are shown.
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PLANES OF HINDUSTAN 1940
... are served on Royal cypher crockery in the airmen's mess, officers have their own room and a baby is weighed at the Child Welfare Centre. Parachutes are packed prior to supply canisters being dropped: a Hart drops a bomb with perfect accuracy, over remark ... -
the EMPIRE MARCHES 1941
... ; meant a continuing need to show unity and loyalty’ within a ‘modern Empire, emphasizing themes of partnership and welfare’ (Webster, 2005, 326). The Empire Marches was thus one of many films – Webster also considers ... -
EASTERN ROSE 1942
... technology – for example, in the overhead cable – and the continuing local traditions. It further highlights the welfare opportunities provided for the workers’ families at the village schools. By 1945 there were 55 school co-operatives ... -
... A writer rode a horse trotting")
00:05:20 At a Palestine government 'Infant Welfare Centre', Arab women, almost covered head to ... during the revolt. As the official notice at the Infant Welfare Centre indicates, the signs at all Palestine government ...
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... shrine and broken crockery. Panning shot across the same damaged area. Sign "Corporation of Rangoon. Maternity and Child Welfare Centre," Road sign "No Entry".
Mute, unedited footage shot by British Paramount News cameraman, Maurice Ford, Burma, ...
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... the benefits of the Army Leave Hostel at Nyali, just outside Mombasa, which was opened by the Directorate of Education and Welfare in November 1943. The release described the wide range of facilities available to the soldiers – ‘there are also ...
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... , broadcasting on the BBC radio show ‘Calling West Africa’ and, with his interests ‘extended to social welfare and labour problems’, assumed ‘other responsibilities on behalf of the Colonial Office’ (Lambo, 1994, 158). ...
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WEST INDIES CALLING 1943
... Learie Constantine (the cricketer, then working as Welfare Officer for Ministry of Labour) who ... work as the Ministry of Labour’s Welfare Officer for the 200 Jamaican ... campaigned against this in his role as a welfare officer. Yet, here he talks of the ... -
... . Recently they conducted an enquiry on the subject of children's welfare in India by means of a questionnaire which was warmly welcomed ... , and visits to Peshawar and Rawalpindi.
II. CHILDREN'S WELFARE CONFERENCE - Sponsored by the national Council of ...
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... shown by the Excellencies in the working of this important Institution shows how earnest they are for the welfare of the cultivators of the Province
III. SIND MINISTERS INSPECT FIGHTING FORCES - Cabinet ministers and ...
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... rsquo;, while the footage of Polish refugees again emphasises the welfare efforts of the British, in contrast to the treatment meted out by ... ’ being fed, though this is not part of British welfare operations but rather part of ‘India’s age- ...
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... of India to healthy recreation. His greatest contribution to India's welfare was the fostering of communal harmony and concord. The ... of Polish refugees was evidently intended to highlight the welfare work of the British, and to generate support for the ...
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... 1944, 3).The work of the Cinema Welfare Unit and the presentation of cinema ... . The Cinema Welfare Unit subsequently became the Army Kinema Section and ... servicemen and the efficiency of its Welfare Units. It presents a clearly structured narrative ...
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... Burma had led to a questions in Parliament about the provision of welfare services in the theatre. Consequently Lord Munster was ... reporting his findings to Parliament more resources were allocated to welfare services in South East Asia Command, and more ...
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... , Under-Secretary of State for India makes a tour of welfare inspection of British troops in India.
Lord Munster seen ... Burma had led to a questions in Parliament about the provision of welfare services in the theatre. Consequently Lord Munster was ...
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... Burma had led to a questions in Parliament about the provision of welfare services in the theatre. Consequently Lord Munster (former ... reporting his findings to Parliament more resources were allocated to welfare services in South East Asia Command. Changes ...
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... sacks of mail and sorting them into piles.
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In all a well shot and well directed piece which emphasises the welfare and recreational provision for men in this theatre. This provision had been chronically poor earlier in the campaign but ...
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... list with over forty news events – divided by ‘war’, ‘social’, ‘people’s welfare’, ‘historical’, ‘sport’, ‘political’, and ‘miscellaneous’ – that had ...
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... Parachute for Indian Troops in Italy’ – as an example of the newsreel’s emphasis on the British welfare of Indians overseas. As he notes, footage of Indian troops in Italy was often used, in part because of the difficulties in obtaining ... -
... of his life" while the pictures of the congregation "portrays the Sikhs in all the dignity which is their mark".
III. "WELFARE WORKERS TOIL FOR SLUM DWELLERS" Provision of sanitary and food care for slum children at a Lucknow Health Centre. Scenes ...
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... 67 emphasises the work of Indian troops overseas. As Philip Woods has shown, the film places a particular importance on the welfare of Indian troops, with the opening item showing members of the Defence Council visiting ‘our men in the hospitals ...
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... " regarding the future of the Indian armed forces after the war. A presentation sword and a purse for the Soldier's Welfare Fund are presented to the Commander-in-Chief, who answers the question that only the educated soldier will have a future....
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... girl for one rupee and then taken her to a welfare centre (Hansard, 17 February 1944).
The final two items ... ;
Indian News Parade 74 highlights the welfare work performed by the British in Bengal. Having already ...
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... AIR SUPPLY OVER BURMA" Commentary detailing the fighting in isolated pools in Burma, owing to the advent of air transport in modern welfare. "This is a battle field that depended on the air." Scenes of General Stilwell, the metre gauge railway of Myitkyina ...
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... and South East Asia’. She suggested that the welfare amenities available in Europe, or to American soldiers in Burma, were ... two items, it also serves an essential function in highlighting the welfare work of the British in Burma and the care offered ...
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... ‘served…his fellow men’). Secondly, the film seeks to highlight the advances in medicine and the social welfare provided for the troops, through these blood transfusions. In particular here, the item stresses that blood transfusions are ... -
... , as a symbol of "women at work for war". Lady Wavell meets Deputy Commissioner Sir Sobha Singh at opening of welfare centre in Mehrauli village, to see "the real India". Sweets distributed to soldiers' families.
II. "TRANSPORT LAUNCHED - BENGAL WILL ...
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LEARIE CONSTANTINE 1945
... a piece of paper, apparently to illustrate his credentials as a welfare worker. Constantine is next shown on the factory floor, ... 1969 (Campbell, 2007, 116).Learie Constantine: Welfare Worker and Cricketer illustrates the West ...
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DISTRICT OFFICER 1945
... social, economic and ethnographic topics with titles like Tree of Wealth, Kisan, Rural Bengal, All India Radio, Child Welfare, and Country Craft (Holmes 1946). In 1948, the IFI was reconfigured into the new Indian state with the remit of ... -
... Second World War (London: Hambledon Continuum, 2006).
Lewis, Joanna, Empire State-building: War & Welfare in Kenya, 1925-52 (Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 2000).
Parsons, Timothy, Race, Resistance, and ...
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... Park steps off a motor launch and stumbles a little on a deck cleat. She gets into a car and is driven off to visit an RAF Welfare Centre. She samples the food on offer and meets 'Little Wings' a young Chinese boy 'adopted' by a local Spitfire unit, RAF ...
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... in a certain amount of comedy groping. The gang show troupe's Flight Sergeant is greeted on the Akyab airstrip by the Group Welfare Officer before both get into a jeep. A single North American Harvard and a Republic Thunderbolt aircraft (possibly of RAF ...
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... EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
More footage relating to an Gang Show organised by an RAF Welfare Unit on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma.
Chevrolet lorry passing camera with airmen in the back. Lorry reversing ...
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... reports emphasised the medical attention and welfare work provided for the African ... also due largely to the work of medical welfare and sanitary staff and, indeed ... main purposes. First, it emphasises the British welfare, sanitation and medical care offered ...
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... ; Leese meets patients. Leese departs. Tracking shot shows Leese's motorcade driving along Rangoon's streets. Leese visits a Welfare Canteen. Leese arrives at TOC HQ (Tactical Operations Centre?) and before leaving talks with a number of British troops ...
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... amphibious landing at Port Blair to take the surrender of the Japanese garrison, while Civil Affairs troops see to the welfare of the population.
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands were occupied by the Japanese from March 1942. They had at ...
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Summary: Delivery note inside can and dated 26 November 1945 indicates film was sent by O.C. 13 Section AKS to County Welfare Officer, Dundee (although film is noted as CALLING BLIGHTY No. 131).
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