The Forestry Company of the Cyprus Volunteer Force at Troodos, Cyprus. The men fall in and fetch arms and march along the forest paths. They rake away pine cones and sticks as fire prevention and fell ...
Hotchkiss gun training in Troodos, Cyprus. Cadets are instructed by a British sergeant-major. Cadets undergoing physical training. Bayonet drill and squad drill. Map reading instruction.
I. His Excellency Governor Wooley in his new Governors Service Uniform inspecting a company of infantry of the Cyprus Volunteer Force at Nicosia. Speech.
II. HRH The Duke of Gloucester on tour. HRH ...
Ocean liner's passage from India though Suez Canal to Gibraltar. Passing troop ship in the Canal. Stop at Port Sudan. Passage through Canal. Marseilles. Passing submarine and sailing barque at sea. Rock of Gibraltar.
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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 ...
Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.
Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.
Srinagar, Spring 1946
Srinagar, 1946
Gulmarg, Autumn
A film depicting the work of the Palestine Police (i.e. British Police) training and going about their work in Palestine. Reel 1 includes a montage of scenes in rural and urban Palestine - including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, followed by ...
A film depicting the work of the Palestine Police (i.e. British Police) training and going about their work in Palestine. Reel 2 has scenes of dog training, mounted patrols through villages, interaction with Arab Police on camels, ...
I."Build new Philippines! Fight for greater East Asia! Air attacks over Hawaii!" Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Commentary announces that Nippon declared war on the USA and Great Britain on 8 December 1941; map of Pacific region. Kaga and ...
ACTUALITY. Dances by the palace troupe at Trivandrum Gopinath (amateur film).
Record of a journey to illustrate the life of countries in which allied servicemen are stationed.
Instructional film, showing daily life in Palestine two thousand years ago.
DOCUMENTARY. A maternity hospital is built by natives in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana.
Rl.1 Opening shots of the natives of the village attending open-air school and learning to read. In his office, the Udi district ...
Trials with DDT carried out in the Takoradi-Axim area of the Gold Coast, West Africa.
Secondary forest and dense cover and general views of the trials area. Dense forest. ...
Trials with DDT carried out in the Takoradi-Axim area of the Gold Coast, West Africa.
Field equipment loaded onto vehicles. Radio communication equipment. Communication roads ...
Detailed views of many dead Japanese soldiers, following their unsuccessful attack on British Army positions around Meiktila, central Burma, during the ...
The control of bilharzia and malaria in Rhodesia.
Men of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, effect a deception operation prior to 2nd Division's crossing of the River Irrawaddy and ...
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 ...
Two titled newsreel items on Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring inspecting Luftwaffe units at airbase in Southern Italy, preceding extended aerial coverage of bombing of Malta by Junkers Ju 88 and Messerschmitt Me 110 aircraft, and battle scenes on ...
AMATEUR. Amateur footage of Delhi - street scenes; Viceroy's house; mosque; Delhi Junction station, etc..
Lakes. Monument. Fountain. Archway. Kingsway with carriages - street scenes. Ekka. Council Chamber. Building - street scene. ...
Watercraft are used to deliver mortar rounds to infantry of 4th Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) and ammunition to 5.5- ...
Around Christmas 1944, British troops of 36th Division receive a welcome consignment of airmail in northern Burma.
Douglas Dakota transport ...
Airmen of an RAF motor transport waterproofing unit demonstrate techniques for waterproofing vehicles in preparation for amphibious operations ...
In Rangoon, capital of Burma, the ailing Governor Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith departs for England, and Sir Henry Knight arrives to take over.
Knight ...
A young girl suffering from yaws, a tropical bacterial infection, also known as polypapilloma tropicum. Close-up of the girl. A young boy suffering from salds (?). A crowd of ...
A diamond field is discovered in South Africa. How one man attempts to enforce law and order during the working of it. A British contribution to the Western genre.
Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Cecil Bouchier addresses airmen on the occasion of the disbandment of RAF 607 (County of Durham) Squadron at Mingaladon ...
With the surrender of Japan, the guerilla Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.
A saluting base in Kuala Lumpur; pan to MPAJA ...
With the surrender of Japan, the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.
Civilian procession with banners, crowd and buildings ...
At Pulau Brani, Singapore, 56 Water Transport Company Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) dispose of Japanese ordnance, with the help of some interned ...
INTEREST. The work of a district officer or magistrate in the province of Bengal.
Map of India showing the province of Bengal (33), rivers in the province (55), fertile plain, crops growing (70), modern communications - telegraph and tele- ...
Kenya. The work of District teams in combatting disease and increasing food supplies. Town refuse and animal manure are made into valuable compost (instead of providing breeding grounds for flies). Shows the use of compost in growing ...
Scenes in and around Diyatalawa camp extension where servicemen enjoy R&R.
Opening shots around Craighton Village - heavy rain clouds hang over the surrounding mountains. ...
AYY 193/1. 24-25 Feb and 2-12 March. Men on non-urgent work take cover in rock shelters when public sirens are sounded but the remainder work on until the Red Flag is hoisted on the Palace Tower, Fort St ...
1st Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment prepare to leave Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) on the troopship HMT ...
A travelogue about the island of Dominica in the West Indies, its natural beauty, botanical gardens, markets and a coastal journey. R.3: The life and labours from shooldays, scouting and hand fishing of a Dominican.
Bud Flanagan plays an army private who gets concussion which results in three dreams: 1st - only white man in African district; 2nd - as a jockey at Ascot; 3rd - at Stage Door canteen.
INTEREST. A film on the Gold Coast [Ghana], including a record of the 1946 Ashanti Durbar at Kumase.
RL.1 The town and port of Accra. 200 miles inland, the town of Kumase, capital of Ashanti. Mixture of African and European ...
Adventure with natives and enemy spies in darkest Africa.
Royal Army Service Corps DUKW amphibious trucks are used to move men and supplies on the river Chindwin in Burma.
Onboard DUKW amphibian (Duck) on ...
Whilst visiting XV Indian Corps area in Arakan (Burma) the Duke of Devonshire pays a visit to the commander of 82nd West African Division at Gun Island, ...
I. Reel one. Introduction, origin of the DUKW, and basic performance and handling characteristics. Trainees learn convoy driving, and the vital importance of proper tyre pressure on different surfaces - ...
Views from a DUKW ('Duck') amphibian on the River Chindwin in Burma.
View of a DUKW amphibian on the River Chindwin. Views of the river. Steering ...
