Part 1, shot by Sergeant Marshall: Commandos, wearing full kit, sit and listen to a briefing at a tented camp. Cheerful commandos sitting on the ground. Troops passing camera. ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Marshall: Commandos, wearing full kit, sit and listen to a briefing at a tented camp. Cheerful commandos sitting on the ground. Troops passing camera. ...
Somewhere in northern Burma, a team of Indian Engineers work to rebuild a railway bridge.
Wide shot, with brick uprights by a river with wooden ...
Somewhere in Burma, a team of Indian Engineers work to rebuild a railway bridge.
Looking up at Indian Engineers at work repairing a bridge; a ...
Around Christmas 1944, British troops of 36th Division receive a welcome consignment of airmail in northern Burma.
Douglas Dakota transport ...
Reel 1: British troops in wooded terrain; they wear the divisional patch of 36th Division. An officer looks at a map. Two men in position, one of them lying prone. Close-up profile ...
Reel 1: Various angles of a 25-pounder field gun being fired. British troops of 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment moving through jungle. Down a track. Wounded man on a ...
I. "Jail Breakers." Scenes from TARGET FOR TONIGHT introduce the story of Group Captain Pickard's last exploit - the Amiens prison raid. A model of the stockade is used to explain details. Two Mosquito Squadrons take off. Aerial sequences are ...
I. "Ploesti." A survey of the policy of Bulgaria's King Boris III towards Fascism (earlier film of Bulgarian Premier Bogdan Filov visiting Berchtesgaden and German mounted troops entering Sofia), with reference to Allied plans to bomb Rumanian oil- ...
I. "The Lorraine Squadron." 342 Squadron prepare their Boston aircraft and carry out a raid on a power station near Paris. (Personnel are French volunteers).
II. "News Digest." a. King and Queen visit Air Chief Marshal Harris at Bomber Command. ...
I. "Returned with Compliments." Routine of an air attack (by Bostons) on German Factories in France. One plane makes a crash-landing.
II. "News Digest." a. Disposal of unexploded 'butterfly' bomb, on forward landing strip in Italy. b. India: ...
I. "Pacific Front." Churchill stresses importance of the Pacific Front. Japanese Film of their Forces advancing - they are "used to dirt and filth," and they maltreat their animals - but now they are hard-pressed from all sides. a. India: Spitfires ...
I. Reichsarbeitsdienst military training camp in Upper Bavaria. RAD soldier stands in snow with unit's emblem of spade at camp where men are roused from barracks by bugle call at start of another day's training. After physical training and ...
I. Track cycling race. Cyclists race round track in indoor stadium (Berlin ?), watched by spectators who include servicemen on leave from the front.
II. Acrobat performs. Acrobat Uno, world famous for his index finger, uses it to balance ...
I. FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE
I. FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE - Music: 'Nozze Di Figaro'. The Viceroy was in a hurry. He travelled by fast plane to Calcutta and cutting short the usual round of ...
I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI
I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI - Music: 'Flying Squad'. Group Captain Proud is saying goodbye to IAF ...
I. SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARES THE VICEROYS' TOUR
I. SWORDS AND PLOUGHSHARES - THE VICEROY'S TOUR - Music: 'Steadfast & Steady (Waltz)' a blend of the things of peace and the things of war made up ...
I. TONGA TURNOUTS AND CAMEL CARTS AT LAHORE
I. TONGA TURNOUTS AND CAMEL CARTS AT LAHORE - Music: 'La Giaconda' - SPCA World famous initials, but they don't stand merely for preventing cruelty ...
I. A PLEDGE FULFILLED
I. A PLEDGE FULFILLED - Music: 'Rienzi Overture' - We can't tell you her name, but, as she unloads wheat from Australia in Calcutta's port, it might well be 'The Art'. ...
I. LORD WAVELL AGAIN IN BENGAL
I. LORD WAVELL AGAIN IN BENGAL - Music: 'Reve Anglique' - In troubled Bengal there was a pause for remembrance and respect for the late Sir John Herbert. The ...
I. FIVE YEAR PLAN OF SOCIAL UPLIFT
I. FIVE YEAR PLAN OF SOCIAL UPLIFT - Sixty-nine years ago Mr Jinnah was born in Karachi. Sixty-thousand Karachi Muslims consider that a very good thing and ...
I. ON PATROL IN BENGAL
I. ON PATROL IN BENGAL - This is one of the most unexpected camera stories to come out of Bengal. An Army outpost has got news that help is needed in a certain village. ...
I. WOUNDED SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED AT VICEROY'S HOUSE
I. WOUNDED SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED AT VICEROY'S HOUSE - A soldier Viceroy entertains wounded soldiers. Nobody pretends that a tea party is ...
I. BENGAL'S NEW GOVERNOR
I. BENGAL'S NEW GOVERNOR - An unfamiliar face, and an unfamiliar title, he's the new Governor of Bengal, but it's still Mr and Mrs Casey. Here he's having a word with ...
I. LIVE STOCK BREEDING AND AGRICULTURE TO THE FORE IN JACOBABAD
I. LIVE STOCK BREEDING AND AGRICULTURE TO THE FORE IN JACOBABAD - You either know about horses or you don't. But if you're in ...