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

For the first time since the liberation of Rangoon, Burma, almost a year previously, the people of the city celebrate the Water Festival with lavish ...

The friends of a murdered man go out into the hotels and bazaars of Calcutta to find the murderer.

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 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.

Notes

No. 391 was the last issue of the CALLING BLIGHTY series.

North-east Nigeria: 1) African village; 2) girl pounding grain; 3) making scar decorations on a boys back; the operation is watched by a crowd of on-lookers; 4) village: mud huts with thatch; 5) wide scenic shots with scattered farmsteads; 6) building ...

The 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment celebrate their centenary with a formal presentation of new colours at Kuala Lumpur, with Lord Mountbatten, the ...

Allied troops take part in a ceremonial parade in Bangkok, capital of Siam (Thailand), with His Majesty the King of Siam and Lord Louis Mountbatten, ...

Chinese troops of New First Army, veterans of the Burma campaign, board American landing ships at Kowloon docks in Hong Kong for transport to Manchuria ...

A detachment of No.1 Army Commando lands on Lamma Island, a few miles from Hong Kong Island, to establish an anti-piracy post.

View from a Royal ...

A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.

Credits. Map of Cyprus with major towns and cities highlighted. Panned shot from waves lapping on a beach to the temple of Aphrodite. ...

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

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 ...

ACTUALITY. Dances by the palace troupe at Trivandrum Gopinath (amateur film).

Instructional film, showing daily life in Palestine two thousand years ago.

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. ...

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, the ailing Governor Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith departs for England, and Sir Henry Knight arrives to take over.

Knight ...