(16B/second series) July/August 1946: With the leadership of the Jewish Agency imprisoned by the British on 29th June 1946 (called by the Jews 'Black Sabbath') Golda Meir was in acting command of the Jewish Agency. As an act of defiance she ...
Amateur film shot by Major Michael Nelson of 8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army while seconded to the Kurram Militia on the North-West Frontier records social and military activity, and the landscape, between August 1946 and ...
Record for regimental historical purposes of the presentation of new colours to the 1st Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel D L A Gibbs, in Singapore on 10 July 1947.
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Amateur film with titles shot by Dr David Bates of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) while serving with the British Army in Occupied Japan records mainly scenes of traditional rural life and religious festivals, but also shows the devastation at ...
Indian troops on parade. Independent India flag visible in background. Sikh troops with red turbans and white spats. Shot of the Gateway to India archway in Bombay. Shot of memorial. A flypast. A rainbow over a ...
Scenes of post-war Burma. The funeral procession is most likely that of Bogyoke Aung San (leader of the AFPFL - Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League - prior to Burma's independence in 1948) ...
Offcuts from several of Colonel Hodgkinson's films.
Aerial shots of a river and surrounding jungle. Brief shot of vehicles ascending a mountain track, some snow on adjacent ...
Amateur film of a young woman surrounded by crowds on an Indian street. Colonel Hodgkinson does not identify who Althya is - it is possible that she is Althya Clark Youngman, an American ...
An Indain man and two women sitting on a bench in the grounds of Government House, New Delhi. A man walks towards the camera carrying a large basket of flowers on his head. A large group of servants. A group (British), ...
Close-up of a lamp? on the side of a building with a crown on top. Scenes of the Governor General's Bodyguards (mounted Sikhs with red tunics), Government House, New Delhi. Detailed close-up of one of the guard. Close ...
Two women (Ditty Hodgkinson, wife of Colonel Hodgkinson and Edythe?) and a man walk through the gardens of Government House, New Delhi. The two women walk towards the pond. Ditty picks a small orange? from a tree and ...
A group shot of members of the (first) Indian cabinet, although, other than close-ups of Nehru and Lord Mountbatten, only one or two other faces are seen .
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Views of a military display by Indian troops. Manipuri? dancers perform. More troops and a military band march past. A motorcycle display. More Manipuri? dancing.
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A young Indian woman stands on a station platform, holding a package. Acharya J B Kripalani about to board a train, poses for the camera with two guards. Brief shot (from behind) of a groom? in a red turban surrounded ...
A crowd of people at a railway station, Acharya J B Kripalani in the centre. People sit in the street selling goods. A brief shot of a fakir? View of the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta.
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Two Indian men, one holds a long handled axe, the other a rifle. Close-up of a man posing with a pistol. Close-up of part of a hand-made rifle? Close-up of a man demonstrating a pistol. Another close-up of the hand-made ...
An officer (arm badge is a red eagle on a black background) stands in front of a wall map of India, talking and pointing at the map, particularly at Punjab and the Northwest Frontier. A close-up of the officer in front ...
Punjab, India.
Shot of refugees crowded onto a stationary train, others try to climb aboard. Aerial views of stationary trains and refugees.
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Scenes at refugee camp Punjab, Northwest India.
Brief shot of Lady Mountbatten talking to people at a refugee camp. Two men in a street take leaflets from a man in a bookshop. Refugees ...
Scenes of Lord and Lady Mountbatten leaving Government House, Delhi.
A presentation ceremony; Lord Mountbatten presents awards/plaques to troops outside Government House?. A shot of RAF ...
Lord Mountbatten shaking hands with Indian officials at airport? Lady Mountbatten, one of her daughters (Patricia?) and Nehru walk past. A man holds two ceremonial swords? mounted on a wooden base (a further close-up ...
Mahatma Gandhi's funeral and refugees.
Gandhi's funeral procession, mourners dressed in white. A man at the front of the procession appears to be annoyed at the camera being there. ...
Two Indian servants hold ceremonial swords. Close-ups of the handles of the swords. The monogram MB appears on the servants' outfits. Shots of silver and gold goods and a decorative casket on display.
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Cars arrive at Government House, New Delhi. People gathered on the steps outside. Cars depart, crowds at the roadside. Mounted guards in a line outside Government House, Lord Mountbatten?, only just visible behind them, ...
St Paul's cathedral, Calcutta. An Indian man and woman and three British children walk through the cathedral gate towards the camera. Three Indian men pose in front of a door, they walk away to reveal a brass sign ' ...
Tribeswoman with baby on her back, hut on top of steep hillside. Villagers (the Puroiks (Sulungs)? in Assam), cockerel, exotic flowers, leaf insect, green snake, cutting trees, building hut, fire, cutting logs, making ...
Wide shot of bands marching onto parade ground. Bodyguard, Mountbatten as Viceroy at Government House. Horseman performing musical ride. Government officials with Mountbatten, gardens, fountains, man directing ...
A British officer stands in front of a wall map, points to mid-Atlantic then India. Focus in on India. Indian military bands and troops march in the grounds of Government House, Delhi. Close-up of a mounted British ...
Still shots of the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta. Street scenes. Close-up of a holy man (fakir?), and a small shrine next to him. More street scenes, beggars. Close-up of feet treading clay. A man sculpting a figure. ...
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 ...
Mrs Layard out horseriding with servant and Mr Layard. Domestic outdoor scenes with 2 daughters. New Delhi: Kingsway and Viceroy's House. Landau in official procession with escort of troop of lancers. Family domestic scenes with ...
Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.
Comprehensive pictures of the history of tea.
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include CANADIAN SEA CADETS VISIT H.M.S. VICTORY WHITEHAVEN DISASTER NEW DOMINIONS JOIN COMMONWEALTH SPECTACLE IN BERLIN
Amateur film by the Maharajah of Jodhpur: tours through his domain, and the funeral of a Maharajah.
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
A fishing trip by canoe on the River Barak (?): Indian porters on a bridge, scenes from the canoe (38). A European in shorts and topi stand by a fish held up by an ...
Includes: the signing of Burmese independence at No. 10 Downing Street.
Contains the items: Final Touches to Aintree Course Jet Power for Campbell's Speed Bid Amritsar's Ruins Mountbatten Leaves for India Australia's New Governor General Great Basuto Trek to Salute Royal Family
Palestine and its modern political problems: case of the Arabs and the Jews. This Modern Age series no.6.
Documentary of post war refugees in their own land in Palestine.
Amateur film by the Maharajah of Jodhpur: cadets exercising, Movietone film of the 1937 Coronation of George VI..
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include 1947 AND AFTER
Includes: the funerals of British soldiers, Sergeants Pace and Martin, in Ramich, killed by terrorist acts; speech by Winston Churchill to the Conservative party at Blenheim Palace.
Includes item on the Conference on Pakistan held in New Delhi.
Includes an item on the Independence movement in Hanoi; Jewish terrorist acts in Palestine.
For detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include BOMBAY BIDS FAREWELL TO BRITISH TROOPS ARSENAL 3 - SUNDERLAND 1: SOCCER SEASON'S FLYING START OUR ROVING CAMERAMAN LONDON - LAST TEST MATCH IN THE SERIES MONTGOMERY PRESENTS `DIGGER HAT' ...
Includes: Fly-pst commemorating Battle of Britain; Gandhi and his fasting for the cause of Hindu and Muslim unity.
A film depicting the work of the Palestine Police (i.e. British Police) training and going about their work in Palestine. Reel 2 has scenes of dog training, mounted patrols through villages, interaction with Arab Police on camels, ...
