Nigeria

The recruitment, training, and passing out parade at the Southern Police College in Nigeria.

Great Britain

Amateur film of Buenos Aires and the Falkland Islands.

Entering Buenos Aires, travelling shot of street scenes in the city, skyscrapers, the Colour Theatre(?), the City Hotel. Notice board on "Higiene Sexual" (80ft). Entering Port ...

Great Britain

Annual ceremony of dancing to mark male and female circumcision ceremonies of the Bugusi-Sebei tribe in Uganda. The ceremonies lasted about three days. Footage includes the circumcision, dancing tribes in elaborate costumes, face painting ...

Depicts the building and opening of the London Missionary Society Hospital, Mbereshi, North Rhodesia. Also includes a survey of the work of the hospital and medical work carried out in the district, including the dispensary at Kazembe. LMS mission ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

West African Engineers construct a ferry over the Kalapanzin River in the Arakan region of Burma.

African troops of 82nd West African resting in ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1: A small motor launch draws alongside a troopship. A Major climbs a staircase up to the deck followed by a Major-General. Talking to a Military Policeman. The general is ...

GB

A compilation of film of factory production of war material in Britain and throughout the Empire.

A minimal degree of continuity is provided by film of King George VI visiting various factories; also much use is made ...

Rhodesia

Education for rural children in Northern Rhodesia, both white and black.

Rhodesia

A travelogue advertising the touristic delights of Bulawayo and district. It includes shots of landscapes in Rhodesia, big game, fishing, the Kariba Dam, and Victoria Falls. There are aerial shots of Bulawayo, along with planes, trains, hotels, ...

Great Britain

AMATEUR. Film of Burma.

Dam. Street scenes - Arab costumes possibly Sudan. Coronation Coach in Britain - Jubilee procession for George V. Dam again. Grandstand at racecourse? River journey through Burma. Giant Buddhas.

Note: ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Frank Worth (a friend of Colonel Hodgkinson in the Royal Indian Navy) in the Shwedagon pagoda, Rangoon. A shot of the pagoda from the road. The officer walks past the camera, carrying a camera. Palm trees ...

Great Britain

Life and movement in Burma are shown in a series of scenes.

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Amateur film of a reconstruction showing the Burma National Army allied to the Japanese.

Soldiers wearing red armbands line up on parade. An officer marches past with large ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILMGB

Offcuts from Colonel Hodgkinson's films in Burma.

Close-up views of oil pumps working. Two passengers in a type of rickshaw. Women in the street carrying parasols. A procession headed ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

High angle, looking at rapids. Ls river between gorge, shot of boat upside down. 2 men on raft. Pan from river to hills. Rapids. Raft shooting rapids. High angle crowd captured by river, some in ...

GB

Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Miles Arrindell of the Second Battalion Suffolk Regiment records scenes during the Battle of Imphal, including a Japanese prisoner-of-war and the capture of the Isaac feature (June 1944), and later (after transfer to ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

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 ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

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. ...

Burma, 19 March 1942. Long shots of the Myotha Hills. Various shots of Burmese civilians driving bullock carts along a dirt road. View over along the Ava Bridge. Cars passing the a manned, gated checkpoint. View of the bridge from a protective machine ...

Great Britain

AMATEUR. Film of Burma and of Jubilee celebrations in London.

St. James' Palace, Jubilee procession for George V. Burma material.

Note: Production material from V. Cressy-Marcks.

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

The Burma Rifles presenting arms. A brief shot of two naval officers and sailor. The Burmese Naval Reserves? on parade. Burmese Army? on parade (red shoulder flash with white five-point star). Close-up on ' ...

GB

22 February 1942: short panning shot over camouflaged tented camp on the edge of the airfield at Magwe, Burma, ending with group shot of personnel of RAF Squadron 113 outside of one of the larger tents posing for the cameraman. Individual shots of ...

GB

Magwe, Burma, 23 February 1942. Aircraft and personnel of RAF Squadron 113. Aircrew in the back of a lorry driving to Bristol Blenheim Mk IV aircraft. Various self-conscious shots of aircrew fastening themselves into their parachutes and climbing in ...

I. Burma, late February 1942. Mid shots of fires in the distance, long shots of aircraft in the sky (poor quality), probably footage of a bombing raid on Magwe airfield.

II. Magwe, Burma, 27 February 1942. Brief shot of the cameraman's (?) ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

At the Burma Athletic Association in Rangoon, capital of Burma, an athletic meeting is held and teams from various military formations compete for the ...

USA

Hero Tracks down the traitor betraying convoy movements to the enemy.

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

In forward areas on the Burma front, a ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILMGB

Funeral of Sawbwa (ruler) of Hsipaw state, in the Northern Shan States of Burma, with parade by Gurkha Battalion (8th ?) who fire volley over coffin. Also scenes of gambling, presumably ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Men of the Burma Intelligence Corps order civilians from their village of Namma in northern Burma before British troops of 36th Division pass through ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

A DC3/C47 taking off from an airstrip and landing again. A group of Bhuddist monks (sayadaws).

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Technical: film marked " ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Offcuts? from the amateur films of Colonel Hodgkinson in Burma.

Aerial view of settlements near a lake, Burma? A long rowing boat, with about twenty rowers and a gong at ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILMGB

Myitkyina captured 3 August 1944, Bhamo December 1944.

Cu mules. Soldiers at slope arms, march off. Mules groomed each other. Men preparing raft. Wide shot river. On board raft, ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILMGB

Shorter version with different shots, mules and muleteer. Putting harness on mules, loading up. Briefing gurkhas. Mule train. Crossing bridge in mist. On board raft going down river. Rapids. Panning shots of ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

This amateur film by Colonel Hodgkinson appears to be reconstructed scenes of BNA exercises in the jungle.

Two Burmese soldiers, one plays the bugle. Burma National Army ( ...

Great Britain

The visit of Queen Elizabeth, consort to George VI, to the Burma Pvailion at the opening of the Empire Exhibition on 3rd May 1938.

Opens with middle-distance shot of the Queen leaving the pavilion. Then shows in sequence the various ...

GB

Film about the Allied victory in Burma.

Introduction briefly outlines the geography and climate of Burma, and the extent of the Japanese conquests. The film then describes the establishment of SEAC under Mountbatten, ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Amateur film of Victory Parade Day in Rangoon, Burma (15 June 1945). The Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten takes the salute of the ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Amateur film of Victory Parade Day in Rangoon, Burma (15 June 1945). The Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten inspects the representative ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Amateur film of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten taking the salute of the representative services at the Naval Review, Rangoon (17 ...

GB

Sync slates 64 to 66 from Burma Victory (not used in final production) with Mountbatten talking to officers about the excellence of the troops in India, and troops with band playing marching past the camera.

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Four Burmese men, wearing only shorts, walk into shot and pose for the camera standing behind the weights, a white bridge over a river in the background. One man stays in shot and lifts the weights while ...

Great Britain

Titles (2). Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (50). Boats on Irrawaddy River and (98) market on river bank (106). Mountain and river (118). Market on river bank (124). Sunset (128). Village (130). Men in stream prospecting (139). Village ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Native village. Troops crossing river. On bridge of steamer. Wide shot river, cu Paddles, helmsman, cu bank, Pagoda, ls boat, cu flag. Oiling engine. Shots of ferry. Pistons/boiler/firebox. Ls ...

INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Liberated local people perform traditional dances for British and Indian troops at Pagan, central Burma.

Line of Burmese civilians in elaborate ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

After the retreating Japanese abandon a trainload of foodstuffs in the face of the advancing 5th Indian Division near Pyu, Burma, local civilians are ...

MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTIONGB

Amateur film showing some aspects of life in pre-Second World War Burma. Inter-titles introduce most scenes.

Rangoon. The Shwe Dagon Pagoda. People around the Pagoda. A notice ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Scenes from a refugee camp at Rangiya (Rangyia) in Assam, India.

Burmese civilians, including men, women and children, cross frame from right to ...