ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
The RAF lead a parade in Calcutta (Kolkata) India, mounted to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Shot of parade forming up with US ...
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BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN 1942
BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGBMovement of transport towards the fighting at the Battle of El Alamein.
Transport, anti-aircraft guns and tanks moving forwards towards El Alamein positions. Shelling of ...
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Amateur film without titles shot by Sergeant Leslie Brower, a signaller in the 2nd Battalion Royal Horse Artillery, records military action in the Western Desert during the Eighth Army offensive of 1942, then off-duty scenes ...
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BATTLE OF IMPHAL 1944
INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndiaFootage from the Battle of Imphal in ...
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INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia
Film of the Battle of Kohima, presumably shot in late May 1944, showing tanks, infantry and artillery in action, probably in the Treasury Hill or ...
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ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
RAF Liberators bomb defences in support of amphibious landings against Rangoon, Burma.
Aerial footage of Spitfires in the distance. Distant ...
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Australian Imperial Forces in Malaya.
Bathing in sea at night, on guard with Mosquito nets over faces; digging trench, native boy climbs palm tree and throws down coconuts to troops; men get into patrol boat in river ...
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INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia
Two weeks after the recapture of Rangoon by British forces, monsoon weather hampers the movement of tanks and vehicles in the vicinity of Nyaungkashe, 35 miles north east of Pegu ...
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PANORAMAGreat Britain
White farmer Des Bawden and black barrister Sottayi Katsere participate in a programme which considers whether all races can live peacfully in Rhodesia ten years after the declaration of UDI.
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BEACH ASSAULT, MALTA 1942
BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGBDemonstrations by assault party with bayonets and hand grenades at Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta. Bren gun bullets hitting the water.
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BEACH-HEAD 1982
TASK FORCE SOUTH THE BATTLE FOR THE FALKLANDSThe events at San Carlos Bay in the Falkland Islands on 21st May 1982
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VOYAGER - THE WORLD OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICGreat Britain
Stephen Venables, mountaineer, explores the glaciers of South Georgia.
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BEAU GESTE 1939
USAStory of adventures of three brothers in the Foreign Legion, each of whom is taking the blame for jewel theft in England. Re-make of a 1926 silent version. From a novel by P.C. Wren. Screenplay by Robert Carson.
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Unedited rushes. This was the largest convoy to enter Tripoli Harbour.
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ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Aerial and ground footage of operations by RAF Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bombers based at Chiringa, Bengal Province, India (Bangladesh).
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BEER AT ITS BEST 1955
NigeriaThe making of Star lager from Nigeria.
The film opens with the Star lager trademark as local music plays. As three African men sit outside drinking Star lager, a close-up of a tray reveals the company logo. The voiceover states that 'These ...
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BEFORE THE WIND 1953
MalayaAbu Baker is a poor fisherman from the east coast of Malaya. With only a sailing boat he is at the mercy of tide, wind and weather. If these turn against him he runs into debt with the fish merchant. But with government help he obtains a new ...
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BEHIND THE WINGS 1942
IndiaBehind-the-scenes in the Indian Air Force.
The film shows: aircraft in flight; a newspaper headline stating 'three Japanese planes shot down over Calcutta'; maintenance of aircraft; workshop work; class ...
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BELIZE 1978
GBTraining in Britain's last jungle training country, Belize in Central America. Following jungle patrols, navy movements and air to ground/sea attacks.
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BELIZE IN FOCUS 1977
Great BritainThe future of Belize, former British colony of British Honduras.
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GBAmateur film shot by a local Bahamian cameraman records the life in the Bahamas of the twenty English evacuee schoolboys evacuated via SS Orduna from Belmont School in Hassocks, Sussex for the period from 1940 to 1944, and shows the Duke of Windsor ( ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe ...
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BERMUDA HOLIDAY 1947
Great BritainINTEREST. Travelogue. The island of Bermuda as a holiday resort. Includes the ceremonial handing over of office from one Governor General to another. A trip around the island by carriage. St Peter's Church and Gibb's Hill lighthouse.
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BERMUDA MYSTERY 1944
USAInvestigation of a series of murders of people who have paid into a fund to go to the one who survives.
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BETTER HOMES 1948
Great BritainNear Nairobi, Kenya. Africans build a good permanent house using mainly materials which are available on the spot.
In a local village a colonial official arrives in a car to help re-build a house for locals. The film commentary ...
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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 1960
WIND OF CHANGEGreat BritainHow a college education in Dar es-salaam is changing the lifestyle of Victor Kimeseru, a Masai tribesman from Tanganyika.
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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 1955
Great BritainAspects of the major social problems raised by the rapid industrialisation of Northern Rhodesia; work done by the missionaries.
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BEYOND MOMBASA 1956
Great BritainAfrican adventure with wild animals and Leopard Men.
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An expedition goes to South America to find the papers proving the right of a jungle girl orphan to a large fortune.
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BHOWANI JUNCTION 1956
USAIndia 1947. Story of an Anglo-Indian girl, feeling rejected by both her worlds, in the conflict between her attraction for an English soldier and the love offered her by a young Sikh, as well as another Anglo-Indian.
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BIG GAME ANGLING 1948
GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHTUSAAccount of the delights of fishing for tuna and other large fish.
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BIG GAME REMOVAL 1960
ON SAFARIAt the Wankie National Park (later called the Hwange Game Reserve),in Rhodesia, Tourists' observation platforms. Water hole drilling. Eland, water buffalo and smaller game are captured for transfer to the new National park at Bulawayo.
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BIRTH OF A DIAMOND 1958
Great BritainA visit to Sierra Leone where much of the world's diamond industry is centred. Processes of preparing diamonds for dispatch. Commentary by Franklin Englemann.
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ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess Beatrix.
Footage of the parade ...
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BLACK BRITAINGreat Britain
First of six current-affairs programmes addressing issues of interest to black people. This edition features Mel B of the Spice Girls in interview; a report on how the island of Antigua is coping with the influx of ...
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BLACK LAKE 1952
Great BritainINTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.
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BLACK MAJESTY 1937
United States of AmericaThe film begins with close-ups of individuals accompanying the Thaws on their trip. "Tom" "Major Anderson" "Bakari - Head Man" "Fahaji - Gunbearer" "Salim - Gunbearer" "Transafrica Safari presents BLACK MAJESTY Recorded by RCA ...
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BLACK NARCISSUS 1947
Great BritainFive 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 ...
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BLACK OASIS 1966
WORLD TOMORROWGreat BritainDOCUMENTARY. A report by Bill Grundy and Chris Kelly from Basutoland shortly before it became the independent state of Lesotho on October 4th, 1966.
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BLACK POD 1955
GhanaCocoa plantations in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and how they are affected by insects and the negligence of farmers.
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BLACK SWAN 1942
USAIn 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 ...
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BLACK TENT 1956
An army captain wanders, wounded, into a Bedouin tent, and is nursed by the Sheik's daughter, whom he marries.He returns to the army as the battle of El Alamein begins. He is killed during an act of heroism and is unable to see his child. Years after ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
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 ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
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 ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
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 ( ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
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 ( ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
In northern Burma, a joint patrol of Royal Scots Fusiliers and Royal Engineers of 36th Division sets out to demolish Japanese bunkers.
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BOAT PEOPLE 1961
The life of the Hong Kong fishing families, and how they have benefited from the establishment of the Fish Marketing Board, assuring fair prices and enabling them to organise their work better.
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