I. 'GENERAL DE GAULLE ENTERTAINED AT BRITISH EMBASSY, CAIRO. General Charles de Gaulle (C-in-C Free French) is entertained by Sir Miles (British Ambassador) and Lady Lampson at a garden party in the grounds of the British Embassy in Cairo. General de ...

I. 'SYRIA AND LEBANON.' Panoramic vista of the Roman ruins at Palmyra as British Bren gun carriers pass under a Roman archway. The Bren gun carriers are supported by British infantry, armed with .45 Thompson sub-machine guns and a .303-inch Bren ...

I. 'ABYSSINIA.' West African infantry cross a rapidly flowing river in Abyssinia as commentary points out that Italian resistance although limited, still needs mopping up. West African troops balance precariously on wooden planking as they cross the ...

The Atlantic Meeting.

'SPECIAL EDITION. PEACE AIMS DEFINED. RECORD OF HISTORIC MID-OCEAN CHURCHILL-ROOSEVELT MEETING PERPETUATED BY CINE-CAMERAS.' British Prime Minister Winston Churchill walks alone on the deck of ...

I. 'NEWS FLASHES-SYRIA.' General Sir Claude Auchinleck (C-in-C Middle East) talks informally to General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (Commander Allied forces Syrian campaign) during a tour of Syrian battlefields. Auchinleck views the area of recent ...

I. 'CYPRUS.' Title overlaid on map of the Eastern Mediterranean. Views of the rugged coastline of Cyprus, followed by a panoramic view of hills and fields. Cypriot children wade in pools created by a waterfall. Agricultural scenes of grain threshing ...

I. 'RAF SHARK FIGHTER SQUADRON.' RAF ground crews load 50-inch bullets into the nose-mounted Browning machine guns of a Curtiss Tomahawk fighter aircraft of 112 Squadron RAF, which bears "sharks mouth" insignia around its air intake and filter. The ...

I. 'GENERAL SMUTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.' General Jan C Smuts arrives at Heliopolis airfield (Cairo), where he is met by Sir Miles Lampson, and is introduced to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, and Admiral Sir Andrew B Cunningham and other officers. Sir ...

Attack and Pursue.

I. 'ATTACK AND PURSUE.' Quentin Reynolds addresses the camera, informing the viewer that he is presenting a "typical day" with the British Army in the Western Desert. Indian troops standing behind ...

I. 'TURKEY.' The celebrations of the eighteenth anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. President Inn arrives at Ankara Stadium in an open topped Jaguar tourer and is immediately surrounded by reporters and photographers. The Turkish President ...

I. 'AROUND TOBRUK.' British Matilda II and Vickers light tanks manoeuvre in the desert near Tobruk. A Matilda Mk II tank drives past the camera position, moving off into desert scrub. German prisoners of war walk with their hands raised past British ...

I. 'SOUTH AFRICA. Exclusive photo report by Maurice Ford.' A short tour of the war time Union of South Africa. South African Air Force (SAAF) Avro Anson aircraft overfly a rugged part of the South African coastline. Aerial views of Durban with its ...

Entering a Pass into Kashmir; scenes in Srinagar; Gulmarg, with Donald and Deirdre; fishing camp on the Naubarg(?) River. Hunting with the Delhi pack. Memorial showing the original site for New Delhi; dancing class in Simla.

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Scenic tour of the high mountains showng snow capped peaks and their rocky gorges and tree lines slopes .Gurkha celebration on return to home village. Moutain village life. Wool trade and the tranport of wool by donkey with big ...

Nancy and Raymond Vernede's Wedding reception sequence. Balua Fair on Ganges at Benares, January 1938 with crowd river bathing scenes. Christmas camps, (Tiger Hunt ) in Terai Forest, 1939 -1941. Tour by Mr Vernede with wife and ...

Made in 1941, the film is a mixture of amateur actors recreating the early history of the goldfields (1920s) and documentary footage of the geography and wildlife of the area, with extensive sequences of a range of levels of gold ...

Footage begins at Gateway to India, with other excellent shots of Bombay.

Extended coverage of Old and New Delhi including a parade outside Viceroy's House, then Agra and Fatehpur Sikri.

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Excellent footage of India beginning in Bombay and ending in Calcutta. Including

street and market scenes, famous buildings, countryside and villages, railways, beaches and rivers. A train journey in Southern India.

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Excellent footage of India beginning in Bombay and ending in Calcutta. Including

street and market scenes, famous buildings, countryside and villages, railways, beaches and rivers.

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Excellent footage of scenes in and around Calcutta.

Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the 1930s), during his participation as a ...

Excellent footage of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, the USA, Canada and Portugal.

Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the ...

Excellent footage of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, the USA, Canada and Portugal.

Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the ...

Excellent footage of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, the USA, Canada and Portugal.

Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by the donor's father (who worked with British Insulated Cables in the ...

A traveller back from Palestine shows his films to his friends, commenting on th e scenes shown and the way in which they illustrate the Biblical stories and esp ecially the life and sayings of Jesus.