The events in Karachi and in Delhi around Independence Day, 15 August 1947.

On the eve of independence, Jinnah (the new Governor General of Pakistan) and Lord and Lady Mountbatten arrive at the Constituent Assembly ...

"FLAG WAVING: American women protest in favour of peace" (15). On the steps of a building a crowd of women stand waving American flags (20).

"KILTIES IN TRAINING" (26). Small children wave as soldiers of a Scottish regiment pass ...

"OUR TROOPS IN INDIA: PARADE OF THE BOMBAY LIGHT HORSE". A column of cavalry march across a field in long lines abreast (30).

"BATTLE OF FLOWERS: CARNIVAL HELD AT BORGHESE, ITALY". Some gaily decorated horse-drawn ...

Officers, including Lieutenant-General Slim, from the South East Asia Command gather for a conference in the jungle near Imphal, India.

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General Sir George Giffard, Commander-in-Chief 11th Army Group, inspects his forward troops near Tamu on the Indian-Burmese border.

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Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits troops on garrison duty on Labuan island off Borneo.

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General William Slim, General Officer Commanding 14th Army arrives at Imphal airstrip and chats to Air Commodore S F Vincent, Air Officer Commanding 221 Group RAF and Lieutenant- ...

INTEREST - Travelogue. Scenes of Indian life and architecture.

RL.1 Seas breaking on the rocks at Cape Comorin (58-89); the Afghan end of the Khyber Pass (106-182); sentries on guard (233); a camel caravan (332); map ...

Amateur footage, in black and white and colour, shot and edited by Rosie Newman, of her travels in India, 1935.

The film opens with the arrival by ship in Bombay, with shots of the harbour, the tug, disembarkation, ...

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

Main title and credit (15). The Governor's entourage preceeded by a guard of honour walk from Government House along a red carpet lined with ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

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