139 Company AMPC (Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps) clearing debris in Bryanston Square and Park Crescent, London W1.

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139 Company under command of Major Hood MC, 2 Montagu Square, ...

First Italian prisoners arrive in Palestine, by train at Latroun. They disembark and run or walk to cookhouse for meal. Prisoners receiving food and eating. Australian sentries. Prisoners march off to ...

I. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, with senior British officers serving with Middle East Command in the grounds of the British Embassy in Cairo; among them are Major-General Richard O'Connor, commander of the 6th Division, and ...

Development programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika illustrate that "even in the midst of war, Great Britain does not shirk her responsibilities to her colonies."

An opening sequence of maps and stock shots ...

Ford mobile canteens involved in the blitz and in ceremonies.

The film is divided into 4 numbered and titled sections. "H M the Queen inspects Ford-built mobile canteens" The queen inspects mobile ...

I. Prague Trade Fair. Economic success of German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is demonstrated at Prague Trade Fair. Interior scenes include an electric train, while outside visitors inspect a locomotive.

II. Hitler Youth rowing and ...

I. Consequences of breakdown in Anglo-French relations for military situation in North Africa. Captured British film of Army exercises in Egypt, showing artillery practice, camel troops and Indian soldiers ("mercenaries from all over the world") ...

I. Tientsin.

British soldiers detrain on the quayside and form up before embarking on the Tak Sang out of Hong Kong. Surrender of Britain to Japanese pressure to evacuate this Far Eastern garrison is described as a ...

Bata employees celebrate St Wenceslas Day (28 September) and proclaim Czech solidarity with the British Allies' fight for freedom.

Commentary describes over views of Indian jungle and the Bata Shoe Company model ...

Film combines library material with actuality footage and specially recorded sequences. Spitfires Squadron scramble to intercept Heinkel He 111s reported by Royal Observer Corps spotters. Control centre gives orders ...