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    BRITISH NEWSGreat Britain

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    Items include: MOSQUITOES GET STINGS IN MASS PRODUCTION CHINESE SET FOR BURMA OFFENSIVE P.M. OPTIMISTIC AT MANSION HOUSE EDEN REPORTS BIG SUCCESS IN MOSCOW BAD WEATHER AIDS NAZIS ...

     
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    The courage and service of the British merchant seaman, typified by the story of a Newfoundlander who had been torpedoed four times, related in an interview in his room as he packs for a new trip.

    After an opening ...

     
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    A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George VI.

    The King is "a symbol of unity" who links the Empire in "geography, history and destiny" and also an ...

     
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    An optimistic Vichy/German newsreel produced just before Stalingrad and Alamein is used as a basis for ironic British commentary following those events.

    Opening titles explain that the newsreel was ...

     
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    Mute print of film showing the life of Royal Navy crews defending the Atlantic convoys during the Second World War.

    New crews arrive at ships, and go through routine processing - having medical inspection, receiving ...

     
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    King George VI visits Malta in June, 1943, after visiting the troops in North Africa.

    'This film is presented to Malta, GC, by His Majesty's Government as a permanent record of a historical occasion'. The film shows: ...

     
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    START 10:00:00 Film title and intertitles "At Algiers on September 6, 1943, General Eisenhower and Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham assigned me to witness the surrender of the Italian fleet... Departing from Malta the evening of ...

     
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    START 00:00:00 Scenes filmed in slow motion during a practice gunnery shoot off Scapa Flow, possibly 16 June 1943: a gunnery officer (?) scanning the sea through a pair of binoculars on the bridge of HMS Nelson, a cloud of cordite drifting by as the ...

     
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    START 00:00:01 Panning shots of the naval anchorage at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, April (?) 1943: there are several tank landing ships (LSTs), a U or V Class destroyer armed with four twin 4-inch guns moored alongside the ex-cruiser turned fleet repair ...

     
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    I. "Bomber Assault - Bostons hit Valenciennes": Daylight aerial shots show British bombs falling on the assembly sheds, forges, and steel foundries of Valenciennes.

    II. "Mr Churchill Returns from Moscow": the first meeting between the ...

     
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    Amateur film without titles shot by Sergeant Leslie Brower, a signaller in the 2nd Battalion Royal Horse Artillery, records military action in the Western Desert during the Eighth Army offensive of 1942, then off-duty scenes ...

     
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    (In colour) March 1943. A C-47 lands on airfield (probably Port Darwin). Royal Australian Navy sailors around aircraft. CU on fuselage, 'Guinea Airways - Royal Mail'. With view from the aircraft cockpit, the C-47 takes off. Various air-to-ground ...

     
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    I. "Three-Power Conference in North Africa": Churchill calls at Malta, then proceeds to Cairo to meet President Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-Shek, and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, November, 1943.

    II. "Prison Ship on the Rocks": A ship carrying Germans ...

     
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    I. "The Russian Front": aerial strafing of German columns and railways in snowy conditions on the way to Kastornoe.

    II. "More air attacks on Italy": A bombing raid on Rome (short, badly cut).

    III. "Forest Fire in America": blazing ...

     
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    START 00:00:00 Scenes on HMS Nelson whilst en route for North Africa for Operation 'Torch': an officer from No. 9 Army Commando and stores on the main deck. At Gibraltar, ratings line up with brooms and placards with ironic, humorous messages and ...

     
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    Amateur film with titles shot by "Jack" Collier, double bass in Geraldo's Orchestra, records scenes in Cairo and Jerusalem, members of the dance band and female singers relaxing and Burman impersonating Mussolini speaking from a balcony, during ENSA ...

     
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    Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records the construction from palm trunks and fronds of a 35mm projection cinema (Empire Super Cinema), with detailed views of projectionist lacing up, Indian troops (14th/5th ...

     
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    Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records scenes of local life in Colombo, Gordon Gardens, fire fighters tackling an oil conflagration in the docks [either Colombo or Trincomalee, and caused by a spark from an ...

     
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    Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records scenes of Indian street life (street barbers, pavement artistes, devil worship) in Bombay and Madras, and shows British servicemen on leave.

     
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    Amateur film shot by Commander James C Elliot RNVR, while serving in the Mediterranean, records a distant view of King George VI touring bomb-damaged Malta on his visit in June 1943, and shows eight 20mm anti-aircraft pom-poms firing.

     
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    Air to air training shots filmed from the pilot's perspective at RAF Hornchurch in 1943. Pilot is C.J.S. Howard of 559 Squadron.

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    Summary: C.J.S. Howard joined the Royal Air Force in 1941. Brief details of his military service as ...

     
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    I. "LAE AND HUON PENINSULA. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TRANSPORTED AND SUPPLIED BY UNITS OF 7TH US AMPHIBIOUS FORCE." General views of convoy in line off New Guinea. Landing beach - landing ships (including LST 475, LST 457 and LST 456) disembark their ...

     
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    Calcutta. Ceylon. Tea picking. Coconut collecting. Water well. Kandy. "The End."

     
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    "Universal Pictures Presents a Popular Variety View" Agricultural workers. Growing rice. Preparing food. Trip to market. Dental posters in English. Various stalls. Ploughing. Water from ox driven well. "Buy war bond and ...

     
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    "Universal Pictures Presents a Popular Variety View" Delhi. Leader Newspsers Ltd building. Snake charmers. Ganges. Ajanta. Jodhpur. School. Taj Mahal. "Buy war bond and stamps." Film ends on the stars and stripes.

     
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    The first sequence consists of male and female peasants in Malta working on the land. The second sequence consists of officers and men relaxing on an airfield somewhere in North Africa, shaving, receiving letters, bathing, etc. The third sequence ...

     
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    Unedited colour material shot by an official RAF cameraman of Baltimores, Bostons and Spitfires, including air to air footage and some shots of Malta.

    The first sequence is of a Baltimore squadron in N Africa, ...

     
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    Japan

    Reel 1: Low angle medium close-up of (British or Australian?) prisoners of war (POWs), one of whom is a sergeant. A staff car passes flying a Japanese pennant; the rear window is open and a Japanese senior officer (general?) looks at the camera. ...

     
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    I. '100 EDITION.' British Minister of State for the Middle East R G Casey introduces this retrospective edition, which traces the course of the war so far, placing events in the context of Churchill's "bold plan of Mediterranean strategy. Men of the ...

     
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    I. 'TANK BUSTERS.' Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews replace the aerodynamic fairing on a 40mm Vickers Type S gun mounted under the wing of a Hawker Hurricane Mk IID fighter/ground attack aircraft. The commentary introduces the new mark of Hurricane ...

     
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    I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' King George VI is piped aboard HMS King George V during a visit to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in March 1943. The King is met by Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet, who introduces him to the ship's officers ...

     
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    I. 'RUSSIA.' (Titling superimposed over image of spinning globe) Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB fighter aircraft stand parked and chocked at an undisclosed Middle East airfield (Hapmat, March 1943 ?) as attendant Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews ...

     
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    Malta Strikes Back.

    I. 'MALTA STRIKES BACK.' Titling is superimposed over the Royal Air Force crest. A close up of the front page of "The Egyptian Gazette" shows an article written by Sir Stafford Cripps, British ...

     
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    Unconditional Surrender - Tunisia.

    I. 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TUNISIA.' [Reel One] General Sir Harold R.L.G Alexander (in B-3 shearling leather flying jacket) chats to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham outside a ...

     
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    I. 'ALLIES WEEK OPENS IN CAIRO.' R.G. Casey, Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, addresses a large crowd of gathered dignitaries in the gardens of the Anglo-Egyptian Union in Cairo. The event is described as being held in honour of five ...

     
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    Pacific Front - Ninth Division Captures Australia.

    I. 'PACIFIC FRONT-NINTH DIVISION CAPTURES AUSTRALIA.' An item covering the return of the Australian Ninth Division to their homeland and the ensuing celebrations ...

     
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    I. 'NORTH AFRICA.' The commentary introduces an item on the visit of King George VI to Tunis (June 12 1943) notable as being the first flight made abroad by an English Sovereign during wartime. King George VI is driven along a Tunis Street in an open ...

     
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    I. 'FAR EAST.' A mule train supplying General Chiang Kai-shek Chinese Nationalist troops travels from India into China. The commentary explains that since the loss of Burma it has been a major problem for the Allies to reopen a supply route into ...

     
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    I. 'AROUND THE WORLD-PERSIA.' Iranian infantry goose-step in formation at a military review. An Iranian Army communications team use a cumbersome two man shoulder-carried radio transmitter during mountain exercises. A radio message is received by a ...

     
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    "Sept 3rd 1942 - 43 : Fourth Year of the War. First Year of Victory."

    I. 'SEPT 3RD 1942-43: FOURTH YEAR OF WAR-FIRST YEAR OF VICTORY.' A retrospective look at significant events over a one year period with location ...