Rangoon docks, Burma 4 February 1942. View over dock area. Large number of Indian troops disembarking from a troop ship and marching along the docks. View over the harbour. Civilians working past a British soldier in full kit wearing a pith helmet. ...

Government House, Rangoon, Burma 3 February 1942. Brief shot of a Burmese policeman standing guard in the grounds. Sustained view of Government House. Shot of Union Jack flag. Panning shot over the Shwe Dragon Pagoda and over the city of Rangoon. The ...

Burma (probably Rangoon), 11 February 1942. The Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, walks with Major General A V T Wakely and his officers in a wooded area past a small wooden building. Dorman-Smith and General Wakely walk past a small group ...

Burma February 1942. RAF Squadron 113. Bristol Blenheim Mk VI aircraft in flight, various air-to-air shots. Shot of rear gunner position. Various interior shots of pilot and a rear view of the navigator (identified from the cameraman's original Dope ...

I. Magwe, Burma, 24 February 1942: Bristol Blenheim Mk IV of RAF Squadron 113 on bombing raid on Mataban. Shots of Bristol Blenheim Mk IV aircraft on the runway at Magwe refuelling and preparing for take-off. A brief shot of a small dog being pulled by ...

I. Burma, late February 1942. Mid shots of fires in the distance, long shots of aircraft in the sky (poor quality), probably footage of a bombing raid on Magwe airfield.

II. Magwe, Burma, 27 February 1942. Brief shot of the cameraman's (?) ...

22 February 1942: short panning shot over camouflaged tented camp on the edge of the airfield at Magwe, Burma, ending with group shot of personnel of RAF Squadron 113 outside of one of the larger tents posing for the cameraman. Individual shots of ...

I. Toungoo, Burma, late February 1942. Shots of the bomb damage to the city, charred trees, buckled corrugated sheeting, rubble and partially demolished building.

II. Toungoo, Burma, late February 1942. Group of men walking along a street ...

I. Long shots of explosions and a fire in a paddy field, filmed from behind some trees. Another view over paddy fields panning past a set of football goal posts.

II. Atmospheric, semi-silhouette dawn shots by the lake at Meiktila, showing ...

Magwe, Burma, 23 February 1942. Aircraft and personnel of RAF Squadron 113. Aircrew in the back of a lorry driving to Bristol Blenheim Mk IV aircraft. Various self-conscious shots of aircrew fastening themselves into their parachutes and climbing in ...

Burma, 19 March 1942. Long shots of the Myotha Hills. Various shots of Burmese civilians driving bullock carts along a dirt road. View over along the Ava Bridge. Cars passing the a manned, gated checkpoint. View of the bridge from a protective machine ...

American Volunteer Group (AVG), Magwe, Burma, 23 March 1942. Prescott, a member of AVG ground crew refuelling a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk fighter aircraft. Shot of the nose of a Tomahawk airplane focusing on the painted sharks teeth design. Brief shot of ...

Magwe, Burma, 24 March 1942. Various long shots of formations of Japanese aircraft in the sky. Unsteady long shots of various aircraft in flight (Allied and Japanese) shot through trees.

Burma, near Leppadan (Letpadan) on the Prome Road, 24 March ...

I. Burma, late March 1942. Men of the 1st Battalion Gloucester Regiment climb into a wooden-sided truck. Shots of the moving truck from another moving vehicle. Troops waving at the camera from the rear of the truck (one making the thumbs-up sign and ...

Irrawaddy river, Burma, 1 Apil 1942. View of various small civilian boats on the Irrawaddy, including "Sunlight". Wooden boom across the river. Men at work on the construction of the boom. Various small civilian boats including "Cameo". Portrait shot ...

Delhi airport, Delhi, India, 12 June 1942. View over airfield control tower to aircraft in the sky. View over roof of car with Union flag to aircraft in the sky. Shot of airfield control tower with sandbag defences, across the airfield. Douglas C-47 ...

The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its greatest danger") and determination ("Preparing for the attack which must come").

Film stresses the global nature of the war, and ...

Opening titles - "Today the destiny of nations depends on their possession of the metals vital in war". Film outlines Canada's contribution to the Allied war effort with both raw minerals in the 'Great ...

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 ...

German newsreel presents first screening of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong and the victory parade through the latter.

On board a Japanese aircraft carrier in the Pacific, Nakajima B5N2 torpedo ...

Two titled newsreel items on Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring inspecting Luftwaffe units at airbase in Southern Italy, preceding extended aerial coverage of bombing of Malta by Junkers Ju 88 and Messerschmitt Me 110 aircraft, and battle scenes on ...

I. Funeral of Adolf Hhnlein. State funeral of founder of NSKK takes place in Armeemuseum cupola hall. Hitler enters, followed by Bormann, and kisses widow's hand and condoles with other relatives of one of his oldest followers. Funeral march ...

I. Reopening of Croatian Parliament. Croatian leader Ante Pavelic walks at head of ceremonial procession to old parliament, closed for past twenty-five years. Pavelic climbs stairway and mounts podium to express his thanks to Germany and ...

I. Springtime agriculture in Southern Crimea. Peasants dig earth against distant background of snow-tipped mountains and vineyards beside sea (Black Sea bordering Southern Crimea ?). Tractors drive out of plant and plough between trees. German ...