Troops of 36th Division advancing through close country somewhere in northern Burma.

Troops of 36th Division advance through tall grass. Men ...

Men of 42 Commando Royal Marines construct defensive positions in Kuwait in expectation of a possible Iraqi attack.

Men of 42 Commando have established a defensive perimeter in the wind-swept desert beyond the main ...

Men of 45 RM Commando are addressed by Major-General Tower before flying out of Khormaksar in RAF Hercules transports.

Royal Marines file past the camera carrying personal arms and kit. CU of General Tower as he ...

ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST

(The following data has been copied, without amendment, from Army Mobile News Team discs.)

01-00-30-00 Mountain bikes, Bengal & dog (Fist) various ...

Dramatised recruitment film for prospective Royal Navy officers.

1. Prospective recruits (in civvies) are taken onboard HMS Dolphin; sequence focuses on one of the recruits, "Brendon" (a Welshman who gives us his ...

Medium guns are fired on positions on the road between Pindale and Mahlaing, north of Meiktila, Burma, in support of an infantry attack by 17th Indian ...

As part of IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma, 123rd Brigade of 5th Indian Division occupy the town of Yamethin, on the Rangoon road.

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Animation. A War Office Instructional Film on the basic rules of personal hygiene, aimed at soldiers based in the Middle East.

British television news report interviews Major Vivian Robinson of Second Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles, presently countering Indonesians crossing into Borneo, and shows Wessex helicopter landing Gurkhas in jungle, patrol, radio communications, food, ...

76 Main Dressing Station, part of 25th Indian Division, sets up on Easy Beach on the Myebon Peninsula, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, and ...

Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on the village of Nyaungu, Burma, and a visit to ...

7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide with XXXIII Corps advance on Mandalay, Burma, and ...

7th Gurkha Rifles on parade, patrolling frontier with China, extended interview with bespectacled British officer, assault training, Tavolero Barracks, Gurkhas dancing and Gurkha soldier returning home to barracks to be greeted by wife and two ...

The building of Falklands Airport.

At the RAF's 81 Mobile Field Hospital, operating at Seletar in Singapore, both British servicemen and Japanese prisoners of war receive medical ...

Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell and Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe.

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82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north east of the village of Tamandu, Arakan, Burma ...

845 Squadron operates Wessex helicopters against Indonesian guerrillas in Brunei.

Aerial views from helicopter flying over the jungle. Cut to helicopter now landed by a river - supplies have been landed and are taken ...

I. LS-CU as one of 848's American-built Whirlwind HAS.21s sweeps in to land in a cleared area. Aerial view from helicopter in flight over cultivated land. Sequence showing two helicopters, recognition letters 'H' and 'F', landing Gurkhas at Kampong ...

Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military and off-duty activities of his unit in Burma, 1942-1945, and of his own travels in wartime India. Film shows men of his ...

Shot on 28 March 1946: General Leclerc, commander of French forces in Indo-China, steps out of a staff car and is introduced to Lieutenant-Colonel Roe, the commander of the Punjabi ...

A modern prison in Malaya is not only a place of punishment but of rehabilitation. Through the eyes of a man on a long-term sentence, the film shows how once the discipline of prison life has been accepted, a man can earn privileges and ...

RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.

Landscape view of Kai Tak aerodrome panning to an old people's ...

Visit to Brunei on the north coast of Borneo with its large oilfield. Tourist attractions.

RAF photo-reconnaissance Mosquito aircraft make an accidental flight over Mount Everest and Makalu in the Himalayan mountain range.

Aircrew ...

Tour round a market place in Accra, made from COI material taken in the Gold Coast.

Japanese Lieutenant-Colonel Kazuo Kogi is taken to the site of a massacre in Hong Kong in 1943 in which he is accused of being involved.

Prison ...

An account of the contribution made by the Imperial Tobacco Company towards raising the living standards of many thousands of Africans in the Rhodesias and Nyasaland (now Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi).

Introduced as 'a story about the ...

How the Govt. of Singapore has set about the gigantic problem of housing Hong ko ng's swelling population.

Gives a picture of the daily life of men and women native students at Achimota College on the Gold Coast, with a commentary written and spoken by Dr. Julian Huxley.

The work of the British Red Cross at home and at its overseas branches in Hong Kong, Kenya and Uganda.

Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.

Air ...

British troops, probably of 1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, take up positions at Kabo Weir on the Mu River in Burma and mount a patrol.

Men ...

RAF and US Army Air Force (USAAF) operations at and around Meiktila following its capture by British forces.

Bomb damage to buildings and ...

The violence against the British presence in Aden and the future of the South Arabian Federation. Llew Gardner spoke to the Secretary-General of the South Arabian League in Aden and Robert Kee spoke to Duncan Sandys and ...

TV Coverage of Aden. Prefer to be British? Shots of Ports and Ships.

TV coverage of Aden in 1959.

The history of Aden and its importance now as a port and oil refinery. Intended for secondary schools.

DOCUMENTARY. A report on the political situation in Aden and the role of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Includes an interview with Lt. Col. Colin Campbell Mitchell.

Rediffusion logo (00:04). Opening ...

Unedited colour film of Royal Marine Commandos in four jeeps and two trucks on patrol in a rocky arid district surrounded by mountains.

Two Marines sit perched on a cliff while the camera pans towards the mountains ...

Reel of rushes of 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on patrol in Aden during the Emergency (with live sound during rough searching of Arab suspects), and of mute rushes of British soldiers on patrol, unarmed, in the peaceful British ...

British forces deliver supplies to inhabitants of Perim Island.

British Army unit in Bedford trucks, on training patrol in Western Aden Protectorate, takes time off to deliver Christmas gifts to the impoverished ...

News report on the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on security operations in the Crater district of Aden during the Aden Emergency.

Notes

Titling includes "A BBC Television Film. Hanford. BBC. D.5607/5608. Hard News. ( ...

Admiral W N Fechteler USN visits Malta, November 26 1953.

Admiral Fechteler emerges from Skymaster to be welcomed by Admiral and Lady Mountbatten. He takes salute and inspects Guard of Honour ...

Rear-Admiral Harcourt inspects RAF detachment and chats with Wing Commander and Air Commodore. The Admiral then walks across the grass field to inspect crews fell in before their Spitfire aircraft - the nearest ...

Lord Mountbatten visits Kuala Lumpur; Singapore, where he is seen with the Prime Minister (Lee Kuan Yew) and aboard a hovercraft; Borneo, where he inspects the Indonesian border installations; Bangkok; Hong Kong, where he sees the naval and RAF bases ...

Rear-Admiral Servaes and Captain Dick of HMS Belfast attend a service of thanksgiving in cathedral at Shanghai. The Admiral then visits the British internees at the Sacred Heart Hospital - a man demonstrates a ...