A sympathetic look at "the storm centre of the war in the Far East".

Reel 1 explains China's geography and culture, concentrating on 20th century history of efforts by Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-shek to modernise ...

START 00:00:00 Scenes at Scapa Flow filmed on 4 March 1941: a port side profile of the battleship HMS Nelson in a dark grey paint scheme used by the Home Fleet on its large warships at this time in the war; she carries two Unrifled Projector (U/P) ...

DOCUMENTARY. A record of the accession of Mutesa II in Kampala, 19th-20th November 1942.

Free boxing fair and fun fair at St Elmo, Lower Valletta, run by the army for the services and also open to civilians. Bomb damage visible in the hall, the largest hall in Europe. Soldiers and civilians ...

8 Mar. 1942. First stage of General Auchinleck's journey from Cairo to Baghdad. He boards a plane at Heliopolis Aerodrome. The plane stops at Lydda (near Jaffa) to refuel. On arrival at Baghdad he is met ...

The crew visit the 23rd Battery of the 11th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery at San Pietra. They look at one of the 4.5 inch guns and chat with the Maltese gunners. At Benghaisa they ...

I. Reel One. A Sector, Algiers. LCM(1) 73 runs inshore near Algiers carrying troops who wave to the cameraman - they disembark and proceed inland. LS off the starboard bow of Viceroy of India and pan left to ...

I. Convoy at sea. XLS off the port bow of an escorting Leander Class cruiser - the cruiser fires repeatedly off to starboard. MS as HMS Porpoise flashes a signal - conditions are rough and overcast, and the ...

Observation procedure preceding a long range gun attack.

Men from the 426th South Nottinghamshire (Hussars) Battery, Royal Horse Artillery firing a 5.5-inch gun. ...

Cyprus Coastal Defence Battery practising Action Stations.

Telephone orderly receiving message at observation post from Naval Command that an unidentified ship is in the ...

Members of 606 Company the Cyprus Pioneer Corps (Alien Unit) in Famagusta.

Palestinian troops rushing out of billets on an alarm being given. Fixing bayonets. Troops ...

26 Feb 1944. Recruits read the sign at the Recruiting Office then proceed to the office. They draw kit from the Quartermaster's stores. The Provost Sergeant hoists the Union Jack for reveille. Bugler ...