Five Anglo-Catholic nuns open a school and a hospital in the Himalayas. It prospers until a series of mishaps turn the villagers against the nuns. Finally Sister Ruth becomes mad and attacks the mother superior only to bring about her own ...
In the 17th century, the notorious pirate Captain Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica, in return for which he is to rid the Caribbean of pirates and maintain the peace between England and Spain. But a traitor in his midst is ...
A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded soldier of the Lushai Brigade at Zampi, in the Chin ...
At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give blood for transfusion to the wounded men of ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
In northern Burma, a joint patrol of Royal Scots Fusiliers and Royal Engineers of 36th Division sets out to demolish Japanese bunkers.
Sapper ...
Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded their weapons from a ...
Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.
General views of Mandalay ...
Views of bomb-damaged buildings on Akyab Island, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, with British troops coming ashore.
Two shots of a large ...
FIlm, probably from Akyab Island in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, showing an inspection by senior officers of bomb damage to buildings.
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Landings are made on beaches at Ramree Island with survey shots of damaged and destroyed buildings on the island.
A Chevrolet CMP lorry tows an ...
HMS Eskimo, a Royal Navy Tribal Class destroyer, bombards Japanese shore positions while troops make an amphibious landing in the Letpan area of the ...
Footage of the bombardment of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, as seen from Mandalay Hil.
View of Fort Dufferin with raised dust. Long lens ...
Reel 1: Long shots of terrain at Gangaw shows smoke spreading and ...
Indian troops with enemy equipment captured after the battle for Wadi Akarit. The local population of the Gabs Gap returning to their homes. The town of Sfax.
Troops of ...
17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.
Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward VII's Own Lancers, ...
At Klang, in Selangor, Malaya, the Governor of Malaya Sir Edward Gent opens a new railway bridge, built by interned Japanese troops and the Royal ...
Overview of the history and work of the London Missionary Society in four sections. Includes narrative on the origins and pioneers of the Society, and scenes of various aspects of missions work in the different regions - Africa, Madagascar, India, ...
Troops and armour are carried across the Irrawaddy River, Burma, at Myinze by a mixture of DUKWs and pontoon rafts.
British troops disembark from ...
Film showing the construction of the floating Bailey bridge on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, Burma.
Tightening nuts on a Bailey section. Various ...
Shot on 7 December 1944: A British soldier beckons forward a lorry; a signpost is marked 'TCP' (Traffic Control Post). A sign points the way to Kalewa. Lorry crosses a Bailey ...
Brigadier Taunton, commander of 80th Indian Brigade (20th Indian Division) arrives at a Japanese airfield in Saigon as recovered Allied prisoners of war ...
Brigadier R G Collingwood, commander of 33rd Brigade (7th Indian Division) holds a conference of officers on the eve of the crossing of the Irrawaddy ...
In Perak, a bandit group of former anti-Japanese guerrillas surrenders and disbands.
Armed guerrillas standing at the roadside; one has a Chinese ...
The film opens with the title "Britain at War" superimposed over a map of the British Isles, followed by the captions "THIS FORTRESS BUILT BY NATURE .....SURVIVES THE TIDE OF WAR" with views of the British coastline. Large poster fixed along railings ...
The training and work of the Royal Naval Air Service.
Over shots of a dinghy sailing race among moored warships, the commentary speaks of the importance of airpower in modern naval training. The film then provides a ...
Scenes filmed on 16mm Kodachrome in Hong Kong harbour after the Japanese surrender on 12 September 1945.
START 00:21:09 Shots from the cameraman's vessel as it passes the port side of HMS Colossus, a 13,000-ton Royal ...
With the reoccupation of Malaya British and Indian signallers of the Royal Corps of Signals and Indian Army Signal Corps work to restore communcations by both fixed telephone ...
On Ramree Island off the Arakan coast of Burma, local civilians welcome British troops, who go sightseeing with a local headman before a Union flag is ...
Indian and British ...
In Rangoon, capital of Burma, British and Japanese officers attend a conference to discuss the conduct of the Burma campaign.
Pan along an ...
Reel 1: Scenes on board Empress of Australia on final stretch of voyage home from Bombay to Liverpool. Tug-of-war for soldiers on deck. Passing through Suez Canal to Port Said, passing military camp on port side. Official welcome on Liverpool ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, presents British awards to personnel of the United States Army Air Force at the ...
I. Visit to Hong Kong by the Secretary of State for War, the Right Honourable J J Lawson, October 1945. MCU as General Festing introduces Lawson to his staff. CUs of the VIPs. Admiral Harcourt gets into a staff ...
Production footage/unedited material for a travelogue about Kenya and Mombasa.
No titles. An Asian ivory carver at work; an African brings in a large elephant tusk; the carver and another Asian discuss the carving of a lion; the ...
HOME MOVIES. Scenes of the sugar cane industry in British Guiana (Guyana).
Sugar cane loaded from boat onto a river bank. Man cutting down cane with a machete. Man carrying cane on head and throwing it into a large rectangular ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, awards medals to members of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and other ...
Film shot with live sound of Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, awarding medals to members of the Malayan People's Anti- ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, awards medals to members of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and other ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, awards medals to members of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and other ...
I. "Conference on Freedom." At the second Inter-Allied meeting held at St James Palace, chairman Eden introduces Maisky representing the new ally, the USSR. The Russian ambassador speaks.
II. "Liverpool holds tank week parade." Covenanters and ...
I. "Britain and Soviet meet in Iran." Indian troops having entered Iran north of Baghdad pass through Kermanshah before meeting Soviet troops near Kazvin. Russian officer fires Very light now that Allied front stretches from Arctic to Libya. All is ...
"Malta blitz greets new Governor."
RAF Film Unit coverage of scenes during an air raid on Malta shows the attack, and then life carrying on after the sounding of the 'all clear'. Lord Gort arrives, bringing with him ...
A ground floor room, preferably facing the garden rather than the street, is selected as a "refuge room," then simple precautions taken: removal of glass objects, taping windows and acquisition of new government steel-tube shelter, which acts as a ...
I. "Premier home from travels." a. Capture of Tripoli (aerial view) has finally eliminated the Italian colonial Empire. Soldiers of the 8th Army are seen walking towards the town before a Union flag is hoisted. Outside the city the Vice-Governor of ...
I. "Americans blitz Renault Works." Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft take off from an airfield in Britain to bomb the Renault automobile and armaments factory at Billancourt, Paris. Target and River Seine are clearly visible from a great height. ...
I. "Jap convoy annihilated." Map of the Bismarck Sea area introduces report on the Allied destruction of a Japanese invasion force at sea off New Guinea. Reconnaissance film taken in March revealed the presence off Rabaul of a large number of ships, ...
