INTEREST. An account of the Air Transport Auxiliary which provides personnel to fly newly completed aircraft from factory to service airfield.
Rl.1 Credits (69). The commentary explains that hundreds of aircraft have to be ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: AFTER THE BATTLE OF MATAPAN BY CONVOY TO GIBRALTAR BATTLE FOR KEREN AUSTRALIANS WELCOME U.S. FLEET ON GUARD AT SINGAPORE HONG KONG IS READY GENERAL DE GAULLE IN CAIRO PRIME ...
A picture of the contribution made to Britain's war effort by people from Newfoundland.
The film, which has throughout a strong connecting theme on the importance of the mail link with "back home", opens with scenes ...
A short film on the expansion of the Royal Indian Navy in the 1930s in both shipping and personnel strength.
Heavy (RN ?) warships at sea; the sloop HMIS Indus in the pool of London (by Tower Bridge); a parade; new ...
A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of "an outside" threat (obviously Japan).
The film, like the pattern of strength it seeks to portray, is based on Singapore ("one ...
A picture, early in the war, of the armed solidarity of the British Empire.
The film serves to illustrate its opening theme: "the Alarm sounded, and the many peoples of the Empire sprang to answer the call to service ...
An explanation of the background to the War in the Far East and of its probable strategic development, founded entirely on a commentary illustrated by film of a large map of the Pacific on which points are demonstrated, ...
Life in the Indian Army Unit shown is possibly the 15th Punjab Regiment).
The day begins with reveill and scenes inside the barracks. The parade ground - physical exercise. Various forms of training are shown - ...
Reel One: The film opens with the title "WOMEN + WAR" with an illustration of St George and the Dragon, and credits the photography to Mahatta Ltd. Caption "An amateur production arranged by Daphne Goldney Cast The Women War Workers Rawalpindi and ...
A short propaganda film, produced by the Co-operative Wholesale Society, Manchester, showing the bomb damage to the city of Manchester caused by the German air-raids of 22 and 23 December 1940, with particular emphasis on ...
START 00:00:00 Black and white footage showing an Admiralty survey map of Gibraltar dated 1921 and views of the 'Rock' as HMS Nelson approaches from the south east (the large sloping water catchment area above Sandy Bay is clearly visible), Europa ...
START 00:00:00 Filmed between 3 and 6 March 1941 (?), black and white footage showing the new Royal Navy battleship, HMS King George V (in overall Home Fleet dark grey), at sea on HMS Nelson's port and starboard quarter, probabably as part of the ...
START 00:00:00 Scenes filmed on 28 February 1941 on a cold and wet day in Scapa Flow as a large 24.5-inch torpedo is hoisted back on board HMS Nelson after a practice torpedo firing in the naval anchorage; note the magnesium flare still burning in ...
Reel 1: (Can marked "Jan 1936, Easter 1936. Boxall, Nelson etc at Gibraltar). Family scenes. HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney during gunnery practice at sea and moored at Gibraltar, shore leave in Toledo and Seville, with town scenes. Naval anti-aircraft ...
Part I: The arrival of young civilians at primary training centre. "Royal Armoured Corps", A13 Cruisers, A10 Matilda and Valentine tanks on manoeuvres, 'Churchill' being used to demolish house. "Royal Artillery", firing of light and heavy artillery ...
START 00:00:00 Colour footage of animals at Durban Zoo, South Africa: a lion and lioness in their enclosure. Seals by a pool. A rhinoceros in its enclosure. Ostriches in their enclosure.
00:00:34. Colour footage of birds at Colombo Zoo, Sri ...
Bus marked "Nanga Ways" (possibly a reference to the high Kashmir peak Nanga Parbat ?) is loaded prior to departing. In Kashmir: boats of various descriptions (including houseboats) on the Dal Lake by Srinagar. Shots of local houses. Kashmiris ...
Amateur film shot by a local Bahamian cameraman records the life in the Bahamas of the twenty English evacuee schoolboys evacuated via SS Orduna from Belmont School in Hassocks, Sussex for the period from 1940 to 1944, and shows the Duke of Windsor ( ...
Amateur film without titles shot by the founder of the Belgian Section of the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Victor Billet, records training scenes (drilling and sport) of the First Contingent at HMS Royal Arthur in October 1940, embarkation of members of ...
Amateur film by Major Edwin Chapman-Andrews, with full descriptive titles, shot while based on the staff of the C-in-C Middle East as Liaison Officer with Emperor Haile Selassie .
Film covers the campaign by static ...
I. 'THE FUNERAL OF GENERAL METAXAS.' Formal parade and guard of honour. The reception of visiting dignitaries followed by the arrival of the widow and family of the deceased. Greek civilians wait in line to pay their respects. Commentary outlines the ...
I. British Aid to Greece.
I. 'BRITISH AID TO GREECE.' Quayside views of Greek docks with heavy-lift cranes unloading British military supplies for use by the Greek military. British 4x2 trucks are unloaded. Cut to ...
I. 'BRITAIN IS READY.' British Prime Minister Winston Churchill watches army exercises. A convoy of troop carrying trucks drives along an isolated road towards the intended area of the exercise. Infantry then climb out of the trucks and set up ...
I. 'GENERAL DE GAULLE ENTERTAINED AT BRITISH EMBASSY, CAIRO. General Charles de Gaulle (C-in-C Free French) is entertained by Sir Miles (British Ambassador) and Lady Lampson at a garden party in the grounds of the British Embassy in Cairo. General de ...
I. 'SYRIA AND LEBANON.' Panoramic vista of the Roman ruins at Palmyra as British Bren gun carriers pass under a Roman archway. The Bren gun carriers are supported by British infantry, armed with .45 Thompson sub-machine guns and a .303-inch Bren ...
I. 'ABYSSINIA.' West African infantry cross a rapidly flowing river in Abyssinia as commentary points out that Italian resistance although limited, still needs mopping up. West African troops balance precariously on wooden planking as they cross the ...
The Atlantic Meeting.
'SPECIAL EDITION. PEACE AIMS DEFINED. RECORD OF HISTORIC MID-OCEAN CHURCHILL-ROOSEVELT MEETING PERPETUATED BY CINE-CAMERAS.' British Prime Minister Winston Churchill walks alone on the deck of ...
I. 'NEWS FLASHES-SYRIA.' General Sir Claude Auchinleck (C-in-C Middle East) talks informally to General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (Commander Allied forces Syrian campaign) during a tour of Syrian battlefields. Auchinleck views the area of recent ...
I. 'CYPRUS.' Title overlaid on map of the Eastern Mediterranean. Views of the rugged coastline of Cyprus, followed by a panoramic view of hills and fields. Cypriot children wade in pools created by a waterfall. Agricultural scenes of grain threshing ...
I. 'RAF SHARK FIGHTER SQUADRON.' RAF ground crews load 50-inch bullets into the nose-mounted Browning machine guns of a Curtiss Tomahawk fighter aircraft of 112 Squadron RAF, which bears "sharks mouth" insignia around its air intake and filter. The ...
I. 'GENERAL SMUTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.' General Jan C Smuts arrives at Heliopolis airfield (Cairo), where he is met by Sir Miles Lampson, and is introduced to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, and Admiral Sir Andrew B Cunningham and other officers. Sir ...
Attack and Pursue.
I. 'ATTACK AND PURSUE.' Quentin Reynolds addresses the camera, informing the viewer that he is presenting a "typical day" with the British Army in the Western Desert. Indian troops standing behind ...
I. 'TURKEY.' The celebrations of the eighteenth anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. President Inn arrives at Ankara Stadium in an open topped Jaguar tourer and is immediately surrounded by reporters and photographers. The Turkish President ...
I. 'AROUND TOBRUK.' British Matilda II and Vickers light tanks manoeuvre in the desert near Tobruk. A Matilda Mk II tank drives past the camera position, moving off into desert scrub. German prisoners of war walk with their hands raised past British ...
I. 'SOUTH AFRICA. Exclusive photo report by Maurice Ford.' A short tour of the war time Union of South Africa. South African Air Force (SAAF) Avro Anson aircraft overfly a rugged part of the South African coastline. Aerial views of Durban with its ...
Entering a Pass into Kashmir; scenes in Srinagar; Gulmarg, with Donald and Deirdre; fishing camp on the Naubarg(?) River. Hunting with the Delhi pack. Memorial showing the original site for New Delhi; dancing class in Simla.
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Scenic tour of the high mountains showng snow capped peaks and their rocky gorges and tree lines slopes .Gurkha celebration on return to home village. Moutain village life. Wool trade and the tranport of wool by donkey with big ...
Nancy and Raymond Vernede's Wedding reception sequence. Balua Fair on Ganges at Benares, January 1938 with crowd river bathing scenes. Christmas camps, (Tiger Hunt ) in Terai Forest, 1939 -1941. Tour by Mr Vernede with wife and ...
Made in 1941, the film is a mixture of amateur actors recreating the early history of the goldfields (1920s) and documentary footage of the geography and wildlife of the area, with extensive sequences of a range of levels of gold ...
Footage begins at Gateway to India, with other excellent shots of Bombay.
Extended coverage of Old and New Delhi including a parade outside Viceroy's House, then Agra and Fatehpur Sikri.
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Excellent footage of India beginning in Bombay and ending in Calcutta. Including
street and market scenes, famous buildings, countryside and villages, railways, beaches and rivers. A train journey in Southern India.
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Excellent footage of India beginning in Bombay and ending in Calcutta. Including
street and market scenes, famous buildings, countryside and villages, railways, beaches and rivers.
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Excellent footage of scenes in and around Calcutta.
Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the 1930s), during his participation as a ...
Excellent footage of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, the USA, Canada and Portugal.
Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the ...
Excellent footage of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, the USA, Canada and Portugal.
Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the ...
Excellent footage of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, the USA, Canada and Portugal.
Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the ...
A traveller back from Palestine shows his films to his friends, commenting on th e scenes shown and the way in which they illustrate the Biblical stories and esp ecially the life and sayings of Jesus.
