The story of the liberation of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia) after its invasion by Mussolini's Italian forces. Covers events from the formation of the Patriot Army which helped the British Army to drive out the Italians, ...
A brief look at an Indian Army Regiment (15th Punjab).
Material includes reveill; arms drill; bayonet practice; signals training (morse by flag, heliograph, shutter etc.); medical care; post office; pay; ...
A tribute to the Indian troops who had fought in the Libyan campaign.
Over film of Indian troops marching near Pyramids, commentator speaks of Indians serving in many areas overseas but especially in Libya: this ...
The work and training of the (Royal Bombay) Sappers and Miners; film stresses the military importance of their work as the "lifeline of the army" and the value to the men of their acquired skills once the war is over ...
A survey of the involvement of India's Home Front in the war effort.
An opening sequence of blackout, ARP practice and maps showing India's far-flung strategic frontiers (Egypt to Singapore) suggests the sort of ...
German feature film, anti-British propaganda about Britain's participation in the Boer War, portraying Cecil Rhodes, Joseph Chamberlain and Dr Jameson as prominent British villains. Kruger is shown having an audience with a whisky-swilling Queen ...
Amateur film shot at request of Mrs Daphne Goldney, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel James Goldney of 2nd/4th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, by local Indian photographic company records voluntary work done by British wives in ...
I. "Conference on Freedom." At the second Inter-Allied meeting held at St James Palace, chairman Eden introduces Maisky representing the new ally, the USSR. The Russian ambassador speaks.
II. "Liverpool holds tank week parade." Covenanters and ...
I. "Britain and Soviet meet in Iran." Indian troops having entered Iran north of Baghdad pass through Kermanshah before meeting Soviet troops near Kazvin. Russian officer fires Very light now that Allied front stretches from Arctic to Libya. All is ...
Laurence Olivier reads extracts from patriotic and inspirational prose and poetry against an illustrative montage of film.
Camden's "Britannia" (title page) against views of British countryside - Milton's " ...
The Indian contribution to the war effort.
Titles. Long lines of Indian troops advancing towards camera. A busy Indian street, with statue of British monarch visible in the background. Billboard with cartoon picture of Churchill saying, 'To ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BURMA STAFFORD CRIPPS RETURNS FROM INDIA SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS AND GANDHI ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ENTHRONED COLONEL OF THE GRENADIERS COMMANDO: THE ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include BIGGEST CONVOY REACHES INDIA THE MASTER PLAN THE DAY SHIFT TAKE OVER
Amateur film of the construction of a road in Assam from Ledo to Assam by the Indian Tea Association.
Pan over hill terrain showing the route of a road under construction. A European in shorts standing by a lorry. Pan over hill ...
In the 17th century, the notorious pirate Captain Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica, in return for which he is to rid the Caribbean of pirates and maintain the peace between England and Spain. But a traitor in his midst is ...
Drama about an overseer of a rubber plantation.
The situation in India in 1942.
Titles. Elephants heading along a road. A wide plain in India. Aeroplanes flying in formation and dropping bombs; Indians looking up in the air for the aircraft: 'to no people has war come with more shock and ...
For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: PREMIER TAKES UP REINS AGAIN SOVIET VICTORIES INSPIRE ALLIES GENERAL SIKORSKI'S MEETING WITH STALIN PARADE IN RED SQUARE CONVOY BLITZES NAZI BOMBERS
For detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include RUSSIA TRAINING NEW MILLIONS AMERICA GEARED UP FOR WAR MALTA - THE ISLAND FORTRESS H.M.S. RENOWN ON LEAVE AMERICAN AMPHIBIOUS TRACTORS AMERICAN TROOPS ON ROUTE FOR AUSTRALIA ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include 1000 A NIGHT ONLY A START GRANT TANKS MAKE TRACKS FOR VICTORY GENERAL AUCHINLECK "ALL RED ROUTE" TO RED ARMY MALTA SHOWS GORT HOW SHE TAKES IT
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include FROM GEORGE CROSS ISLAND EN ROUTE TO RUSSIA RESCUE AT SEA DESPATCH FROM EGYPT U.S. SAILORS VISIT LONDON NEW ARMY COOPERATION AIRCRAFT
Adventure with natives and enemy spies in darkest Africa.
The work of the United Missions in the Copperbelt at Mindolo and Nkana, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).
Title and credits. The undeveloped country except for a few chimneys and mine workshops. Young African women join husbands and are ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEWS FROM CEYLON DESERT OFFENSIVE GETS GOING
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include MADAGASCAR. ON TO ANTANANARIVO CAMEL TRANSPORT IN THE DESERT MRS. ROOSEVELT SEES FOR HERSELF PRIME MINISTER AND GENERAL SMUTS AT DOVER TOUGH TACTICS CHINESE ARMY IN INDIA ...
DOCUMENTARY. A record of the accession of Mutesa II in Kampala, 19th-20th November 1942.
DOCUMENTARY. The Libyan campaign of 1940-41 in which General Wavell defeated the Italian attack on Egypt.
r.1 British military cemetery in Jerusalem (122). The Pyramids from the air (188). Unloading of military supplies at ...
For detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS UNDERTAKES VITAL INDIA MISSION GERMAN PRISONERS IN AUSTRALIA, AND V.C. COMES HOME CAPTIVES FROM NAZI SEA RAIDER HOME TOWN GREETS AUSSIE V.C. OUTPUT OF ...
For detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include HOW COMMANDOS GET ST. NAZAIRE SPIRIT YUGOSLAV AIRMEN HIT BACK IN EAST SOVIET HONOURS BRITISH AIRMEN BURMA CRISIS
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEW GUINEA WAR IS A BATTLE OF SUPPLY LINES WARTIME CROWD RELAXES AT BIG SOCCER MATCH U.S. TROOPS LAND AT BRAZZAVILLE IN WEST AFRICA MACROBERT GIFT OF FIGHTERS IS NOW IN ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include INDIA QUIETENS DOWN, GETS ON WITH THE WAR MRS. ROOSEVELT IN BRITAIN PARLIAMENT ACCLAIMS FIELD MARSHAL SMUTS
Reel 1 (AYY 294-1) Africans in shirts and shorts carry sacks of cocoa beans on their heads. The sacks are unloaded from the lorry. The beans are stirred, tipped from a sieve into a tray and then put into ...
Tour round India by Chiang Kai-shek and his wife.
The film opens by giving a brief background to the war in China, and then follows the couple on their tour showing parades, press calls and so on.
A brief picture of the training of India's army and a record of its service overseas through the first half of the Second World War.
Commentary recalls WW1 service and inter-war status as a frontier force, over shots ...
Notes
Technical: no soundtrack held for this film.
Remarks: uncatalogued
A newsreel compilation picture ("presented to the Prime Minister") of Churchill's visit to Washington and Ottawa in December '41 - January '42.
WSC crosses the Atlantic on HMS Duke of York, accompanied by Chiefs of ...
I. Tracking shots of numerous captured 5cm Pak 38 anti-tank guns lined up a desert location (Libya or Tunisia). Also visible are a heavier gun - possibly a 7.62cm Pak 36(r) - and a light artillery piece. Parts of guns and mortar bipods (without their ...
Film of action at Milne Bay, which was an almost completely Australian operation and one that dealt a blow to Japanese strategy.
The film begins by showing ships pouring in supplies. Inland are the first ...
Behind-the-scenes in the Indian Air Force.
The film shows: aircraft in flight; a newspaper headline stating 'three Japanese planes shot down over Calcutta'; maintenance of aircraft; workshop work; class ...
Civilians search ruins in the town, some digging the roadway; dead lie on roadway, others being carried on stretchers. Clocks on wall stopped at 4.45. Chinese wear protection i.e. pieces of rag over mouths. Panning shot - wreckage of large ...
START 00:00:00 Scenes at Scapa Flow filmed on 4 March 1941: a port side profile of the battleship HMS Nelson in a dark grey paint scheme used by the Home Fleet on its large warships at this time in the war; she carries two Unrifled Projector (U/P) ...
I. "Three Phases of the World At War": Scenes of the Philippine Islands include damage on Luzon.
II. "Defence of the Caribbean": Interceptor Command of the Caribbean Air Force cooperates with the US Navy in defending the Panama Canal Zone, ...
I. "Pacific Battlefront": A tribute to the endurance of Australian troops engaged in jungle warfare in New Guinea, and to the bushboys who assist them.
II. "Further Advances in New Guinea": Australians in Papua get support from the Royal ...
A commercial for Co-op tea in the guise of a documentary about tea production.
The film shows how tea is grown, picked and selected in Ceylon, and how in wartime it has to be shipped by convoy. A women making a pot ...
Amateur film without titles shot by Royal Engineer Lieutenant Archibald ("Archie") Jack of King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners records local scenes and local activities in Northern India in areas marked by ...
Amateur film with titles shot by Alaric Rowntree while serving as Director of Communal Feeding for the Ministry of Food (and Colonial Office) in Malta during the critical period from July to December 1942, and later shown to ministers and officials ...
Burmese people sitting on floor on board a boat. A Buddhist monk reads a newspaper. Burmese children (in Western clothes). Birds flying over the Irrawaddy River. women look out over the side of the boat. ...
Aerial shots, mills and river, serial shots, airfield, pagoda, platations. Landing airfield, Austor taxiing, wreckage of plant. Cu Burma rifles shoulder flashes troops through jungle. Kachin Levies ...
