Jim Hodgson, managing director of British Telecom International, introduces the role of the cable ship `Iris' which was requisitioned during the Falklands crisis of 1982. Actuality footage, reconstructions and interviews with the crews are ...
A group shot of members of the (first) Indian cabinet, although, other than close-ups of Nehru and Lord Mountbatten, only one or two other faces are seen .
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Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's ...
INTEREST. How cacao beans are cultivated in Trinidad.
Credits (26). Shot of the coastline of Trinidad, which lies off the north coast of South America (48). The cultivation of cacao, known in manufactured form as cocoa, is the ...
The friends of a murdered man go out into the hotels and bazaars of Calcutta to find the murderer.
A crowd of people at a railway station, Acharya J B Kripalani in the centre. People sit in the street selling goods. A brief shot of a fakir? View of the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta.
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Allocated Title ...
Short documentary, with a recruiting aim, showing the work of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
"The Space Age army" with its high technology (radar, AFVs etc) relies on "another army" of specialists - ...
A look at wildlife protection in North and South Rhodesia and the developing national parks.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Southampton area. Canteen scenes.
Indicative extract from recording: Unidentified Serviceman: Howdy there! I think your husband ...
Fragment only. Sergeant George Roland ("Roly") Plews, standing beside Gunner Burnell, sends a message home from India to his wife Elsie and his mother in Newcastle, saying he is healthy and has just travelled one thousand miles to record his greeting ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area (including Bolton). External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel (with Black African Labour corps) in India to their loved ones in the Manchester, Stockport and Birmingham areas. External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes on the banks of the Irrawaddy.
Messages home from British Army personnel in Mandalay, Burma to their loved ones in the Worcester area. External scenes (evidence of the aftermath of the fighting in Mandalay in background).
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See 'Keep smiling, keep those chins up ...
Messages home from British RAF and Naval personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes (Irrawaddy?).
Messages home from British Forces stationed in Malaya
Messages home from British Forces stationed in Malaya
Messages home from British Forces stationed in India
Messages home from British Forces stationed in India
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Norwich area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Liverpool and St Helens area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Worcester area. Canteen Scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel (including WRNS) in India to their loved ones in the Oldham area. Canteen scenes.
Notes
Roy Francis is one of the servicemen appearing. He is referred to only as 'Roy'.
British servicemen in India, relaxing in a studio set bar with a piano accompanist, speak directly to camera to send brief messages of reassurance and endearment home to their relatives and friends in Warrington, Lancashire. All then sing the Vera ...
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Brighton area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Brighton.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Brighton, Haywards Heath, Newhaven and Hastings (Sussex).
Messages home from British servicemen (RAF, RN) in Polonnaruwa, Ceylon to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Brighton and Hastings areas. Canteen scenes
Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. Canteen scenes.
Those appearing: Dvr D W Rennie, RASC to his wife, Mrs D W Rennie, 12 Kingscross Road, Beechwood; Stoker I A J ...
Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland.
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Summary: Delivery note inside can and dated 26 November 1945 indicates film was sent by O.C. 13 Section AKS to County Welfare Officer, Dundee ( ...
Messages home from British Army and WRNS personnel in India to their loved ones in the Bournemouth district. The location is Malabar Hill, Bombay and several soldiers, including a WRNS, send messages. Many refer to demob and coming home soon.
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Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Brighton. Film concludes with shots of production personnel, cameraman etc.
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No. 391 was the last issue of the CALLING BLIGHTY series.
Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland and to some in South Wales. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel stationed in Burma to their loved ones in the Leicester area. Filmed in a tented field, a group of soldiers take it in turn to present a personal message to their family and friends in England. One man holds ...
Messages home from British Naval and Army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Leicester area. Filmed in a makeshift canteen, the group take it in turn to present a personal message to their family and friends in England. Some ...
Assembled film story detailing efforts of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 435 Squadron to provide rice to isolated communities in Burma.
An ...
Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadon deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).
A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ...
Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadron deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).
A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ...
