Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records scenes of Indian street life (street barbers, pavement artistes, devil worship) in Bombay and Madras, and shows British servicemen on leave.

Amateur film shot by Commander James C Elliot RNVR, while serving in the Mediterranean, records a distant view of King George VI touring bomb-damaged Malta on his visit in June 1943, and shows eight 20mm anti-aircraft pom-poms firing.

Air to air training shots filmed from the pilot's perspective at RAF Hornchurch in 1943. Pilot is C.J.S. Howard of 559 Squadron.

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Summary: C.J.S. Howard joined the Royal Air Force in 1941. Brief details of his military service as ...

I. "LAE AND HUON PENINSULA. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TRANSPORTED AND SUPPLIED BY UNITS OF 7TH US AMPHIBIOUS FORCE." General views of convoy in line off New Guinea. Landing beach - landing ships (including LST 475, LST 457 and LST 456) disembark their ...

Calcutta. Ceylon. Tea picking. Coconut collecting. Water well. Kandy. "The End."

"Universal Pictures Presents a Popular Variety View" Agricultural workers. Growing rice. Preparing food. Trip to market. Dental posters in English. Various stalls. Ploughing. Water from ox driven well. "Buy war bond and ...

"Universal Pictures Presents a Popular Variety View" Delhi. Leader Newspsers Ltd building. Snake charmers. Ganges. Ajanta. Jodhpur. School. Taj Mahal. "Buy war bond and stamps." Film ends on the stars and stripes.

The first sequence consists of male and female peasants in Malta working on the land. The second sequence consists of officers and men relaxing on an airfield somewhere in North Africa, shaving, receiving letters, bathing, etc. The third sequence ...

Unedited colour material shot by an official RAF cameraman of Baltimores, Bostons and Spitfires, including air to air footage and some shots of Malta.

The first sequence is of a Baltimore squadron in N Africa, ...

Reel 1: Low angle medium close-up of (British or Australian?) prisoners of war (POWs), one of whom is a sergeant. A staff car passes flying a Japanese pennant; the rear window is open and a Japanese senior officer (general?) looks at the camera. ...

I. '100 EDITION.' British Minister of State for the Middle East R G Casey introduces this retrospective edition, which traces the course of the war so far, placing events in the context of Churchill's "bold plan of Mediterranean strategy. Men of the ...

I. 'TANK BUSTERS.' Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews replace the aerodynamic fairing on a 40mm Vickers Type S gun mounted under the wing of a Hawker Hurricane Mk IID fighter/ground attack aircraft. The commentary introduces the new mark of Hurricane ...

I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' King George VI is piped aboard HMS King George V during a visit to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in March 1943. The King is met by Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet, who introduces him to the ship's officers ...

I. 'RUSSIA.' (Titling superimposed over image of spinning globe) Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB fighter aircraft stand parked and chocked at an undisclosed Middle East airfield (Hapmat, March 1943 ?) as attendant Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews ...

Malta Strikes Back.

I. 'MALTA STRIKES BACK.' Titling is superimposed over the Royal Air Force crest. A close up of the front page of "The Egyptian Gazette" shows an article written by Sir Stafford Cripps, British ...

Unconditional Surrender - Tunisia.

I. 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TUNISIA.' [Reel One] General Sir Harold R.L.G Alexander (in B-3 shearling leather flying jacket) chats to Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham outside a ...

I. 'ALLIES WEEK OPENS IN CAIRO.' R.G. Casey, Minister of State Resident in the Middle East, addresses a large crowd of gathered dignitaries in the gardens of the Anglo-Egyptian Union in Cairo. The event is described as being held in honour of five ...

Pacific Front - Ninth Division Captures Australia.

I. 'PACIFIC FRONT-NINTH DIVISION CAPTURES AUSTRALIA.' An item covering the return of the Australian Ninth Division to their homeland and the ensuing celebrations ...

I. 'NORTH AFRICA.' The commentary introduces an item on the visit of King George VI to Tunis (June 12 1943) notable as being the first flight made abroad by an English Sovereign during wartime. King George VI is driven along a Tunis Street in an open ...

I. 'FAR EAST.' A mule train supplying General Chiang Kai-shek Chinese Nationalist troops travels from India into China. The commentary explains that since the loss of Burma it has been a major problem for the Allies to reopen a supply route into ...

I. 'AROUND THE WORLD-PERSIA.' Iranian infantry goose-step in formation at a military review. An Iranian Army communications team use a cumbersome two man shoulder-carried radio transmitter during mountain exercises. A radio message is received by a ...

"Sept 3rd 1942 - 43 : Fourth Year of the War. First Year of Victory."

I. 'SEPT 3RD 1942-43: FOURTH YEAR OF WAR-FIRST YEAR OF VICTORY.' A retrospective look at significant events over a one year period with location ...

I. 'INDIA.' Indian pilgrims mingle with street traders near the castellated portals of the town of Ajmer in Rajasthan State in India during a pilgrimage in honour of Dargah Sharif. Pilgrims flock into a mosque and are shown at prayer. Pilgrims ...

I. 'SOUTH AFRICA.' British troops take part in physical training exercises forming part of a special fitness programme at a tented encampment in South Africa. A large log is tossed between two teams of five men as a means of developing upper body ...

I. 'KING OF YUGOSLAVIA ARRIVES IN M.E.' King Peter of Yugoslavia reviews units of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and Royal Yugoslav Navy at port facilities in Alexandria, Egypt. King Peter, dressed in Royal Yugoslav Air Force uniform, reviews a guard ...

I. 'TANKS- AUSTRALIAN MADE.' Interior footage shows various stages in the production of Australian Sentinel AC I and III cruiser tanks. Male factory workers manhandle a castor mounted vat of molten steel to a casting furnace. Molten steel is poured ...

I. 'STRONG ARM OF THE RAF.' A large assembled crowd of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel pose for photographs in front of a parked and chocked Avro Lancaster bomber aircraft. A fuel bowser and tractor with bomb train are also evident in the foreground. ...

I. 'THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PERSIA.' A soldier of the Imperial Iranian Army stands guard in the grounds of a newly constructed modernist style Royal palace (Art Deco ?) that displays little of the ornamentation normally associated with traditional ...

I. 'EGYPT.' The national flags of the United States of America and Yugoslavia fly at Heliopolis Airport (Cairo) during an aircraft presentation ceremony attended by King Peter of Yugoslavia and Major-General Royce, Commander United States Army Air ...

I. 'BLITZING GERMAN AIRFIELDS.' An officer of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) watches a Martin B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft from the 456th Bomb Squadron of the 323rd Bomb Group take off as he walks his Great Dane dog in the vicinity of the ...

I. 'ENGLAND-ATS BIRTHDAY PARADE.' A large contingent of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) personnel stand to attention on a barrack square (Wellington Barracks ?) prior to marching to Buckingham Palace for a parade in celebration of the fifth ...

I. 'WOMEN WHO SERVE THE GUNS.' Australian civilian architects (male) orientate themselves from blue prints at a construction site where a modern munitions factory is being built. A train pulled by steam locomotive (3112) arrives at an unidentified ...

I. 'MID EAST-FIELD MARSHAL SMUTS VISITS CAIRO.' Field Marshal Jan C Smuts (South African Premier) sits on a bench in the garden of the British Embassy in Cairo, in the company of Lord and Lady Killearn (Sir Miles and Mrs Lampson) and their children ...

I. 'BLITZING GERMAN AIRFIELDS.' This item duplicates Item I of WPN 133.

II. 'ITALY DAY BY DAY.' This item duplicates Item II of WPN 133.

III. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' This item duplicates Item III of WPN 133.

IV. 'RUSSIA.' This item ...

I. 'ATLANTIC CONVOY.' This item duplicates Item IV of WPN 134.

II. 'NEW GUINEA- JUNGLE PARATROOPS.' This item duplicates Item V of WPN 134.

III. 'NEW ROAD NOW LINKS U.S.' Map of Canada and Alaska shows the newly constructed road (AlCan ...

I. 'SMASHING GERMAN WAR TARGETS.' This item duplicates Item IV of WPN 135.

II. 'NEWS OF THE WAR IN ITALY.' United States (US) Fifth Army engineers operate distillation equipment using sea water taken from the Bay of Naples. A British Army ...

I. 'FLYING FORTS BATTLE NAZIS OVER GERMANY.' United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress bomber aircraft run up their engines on a taxi way as they await their turn to take off. Aerial footage shows USAAF B-17F stacked in ...

I. 'RUSSIA.' Russian infantry officers use binoculars to scan the horizon from the cover of a wooden dugout. Russian anti-tank crews fire a 184(r) Protivotankovaya Pushka obr 1930g 45mm anti-tank gun at unseen targets as Russian T34/76B tanks ...

I. 'CHURCHILL IN THE MIDDLE EAST.' Cheering crowds greet British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his arrival in Cyprus following his successful visit to Adana in Turkey for discussions with President Ismet Inn. Churchill chats to representatives ...

I. 'BOMBING OFFENSIVE.' Royal Air Force (RAF) Douglas Boston bomber aircraft (2 Group) fly at very low level over the sea to avoid detection by German early warning radar during the raid on the Philips radio factory at Eindhoven in Holland (December ...

I. 'INDIA.' Relief work in Midnapore district of Bengal after the cyclone. Hundreds of Bengali civilians queue at field kitchens to receive a grain hand-out and cooked food. Indian doctors use hypodermic syringes to vaccinate local civilians against ...

Footage includes New Delhi, street demonstration and crowd outside mosque; site of 1911 Delhi Durbar; horse riding; very brief sequence of Lord & Lady Mountbatten seated in state. Five sequences.

Production / Donor Details: The ...

Holiday trip to Darjeeling, Srinagar and Kashmir. There are many scenic shots from the trip as well as a few shots of the local people including a clay potter. On a mountain hike, there is a road sign signalling Height 7550ft 191 ...

CINEMAGAZINE: A WOMAN SEA CAPTAIN AND NAVIGATION INSTRUCTOR IN THE NAVY; A MAN WHO CONTROLS ALL VITAL STATISTICS IN LAKELAND, GEORGIA; A GIBRALTAR ISLAND, OHIO CITIZEN WHO EXTRACTS SALT FROM WATER; AND A WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA COWBOY WHO ...

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: BERLIN RAIDERS CANADIANS LIVING IN ITALY ENGINEERS BATTLE VOLTURNO VICEROY ARRIVES IN CALCUTTA

PROPAGANDA. Tribute to the people of Malta in World War II by Cadbury's who supply the island's children with vitamin enriched chocolate.

Censor's certificate. (8) Titles. (17) LS town. (20) MS crocodile of children with their teacher running for ...

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: NEW AIRPORT SPEEDS PLANES TO BRITAIN The QUEEN HOLDS AN INVESTITURE ROYAL TOUR OF THE MEDITERRANEAN The KING IN AFRICA AND MALTA

For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: NEW GUINEA - AIR POWER, THE KEY TO THE SHORES OF SICILY. "THE INVASION OF SICILY HAS BEGUN" - ANXIOUSLY WE HEARD THE NEWS THAT DAY; THEN WITH PROUD RELIEF WE LEARNED OF THE OPERATION'S ...