Part I: The arrival of young civilians at primary training centre. "Royal Armoured Corps", A13 Cruisers, A10 Matilda and Valentine tanks on manoeuvres, 'Churchill' being used to demolish house. "Royal Artillery", firing of light and heavy artillery ...
General views of Gondar, Ethiopia, including the fort with prisoners and Ras Seyoum's castle. Lieutenant-General Wetherall, Acting GOC East Africa with Major General Foulkes, GOC 12th African Division, ...
British and Indian troops in action around Cheren (Keren), Eritrea.
Troops load up trucks with supplies for the front line on a portion of railway captured from the ...
Shots from Indian Film Unit. Capture of Massawa, Eritrea. Indian troops, Italian prisoners. Garwali Regiment. Free French Commander. General Heath watches operations. Sunken vessel in harbour.
A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of "an outside" threat (obviously Japan).
The film, like the pattern of strength it seeks to portray, is based on Singapore ("one ...
START 00:00:00 Colour footage of animals at Durban Zoo, South Africa: a lion and lioness in their enclosure. Seals by a pool. A rhinoceros in its enclosure. Ostriches in their enclosure.
00:00:34. Colour footage of birds at Colombo Zoo, Sri ...
A survey of the involvement of India's Home Front in the war effort.
An opening sequence of blackout, ARP practice and maps showing India's far-flung strategic frontiers (Egypt to Singapore) suggests the sort of ...
Australian troops and nurses arrive by hospital ship at Singapore. Medical stores are unloaded and crates of Canadian Ford equipment, addressed to the Minister of Supplies, Singapore. The men and nurses ...
Pan American flying boat "Anzac Clipper" escorted by Brewster Buffaloes lands on the water at Singapore Civil Airport and taxies away. Alfred and Lady Diana Duff Cooper leave the plane, followed by Mr ...
Amateur 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 ( ...
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 ...
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 ...
4 Items from BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS Vol 12 No 606.
Title: THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC WARFARE. President of the Board of Trade, Hugh Dalton, reports on the progress of his economic defences against Germany. He ...
(1) "Gibraltar's New Governor". Group MS of Lord Gort, Vice-Admiral Somerville and Lieutenant General Sir Clive Liddell.
(2) "Britannia Rules the Mediterranean". LS of fleet at sea. Harbour scenes, Valletta, Malta. MLS, HMS Ark Royal. Hunt ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: BURMA PRESENTS FIGHTER SQUADRON CANUCK NURSES LOOK AFTER BLITZED KIDDIES PREMIER WITH U.S. HOME GUARD IN BRITAIN BOY SCOUTS MEMORIAL SERVICE GREEKS TAKE ARGYROKASTRO SOUTH ...
"THE REGENTS PARK ZOO TAKES CENSUS OF ITS RESIDENTS" (53-65); MS a keeper preparing to make a note in a book (70); the keeper looking at two polar bears, in an enclosure (77); CS polar bears (80); large brown bear (83); MS bear ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: BRITISH ADVANCE INTO ABYSSINIA BATTLE DEMOSNTRATION BY OUR ARMY LORD HALIFAX LEAVES FOR U.S.A. SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS MOVE TO BATTLE ZONE MR WILLKIE GREETS US WITH A SMILE ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: AT HOME THE STORY IS OF PREPAREDNESS FOR ANY ORDEAL NEW CRUISER VISITED BY HOLLAND'S QUEEN BRAVE SOLDIERS OF GREECE CONTINUE TO AMAZE THE WORLD MR EMNZIES COMES TO BRITAIN BY WAY OF ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: R.A.F. RESCUE BOATS AT WORK WITH THE SOUTH AFRICANS IN ABYSSINIA AUSTRALIAN REINFORCEMENTS FOR SINGAPORE NEW TRICKS BY THE NEW ARMY AERODROMES BUILT FROM THE MUD R.A.F. HAS ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: DE GAULLE'S ARMY ON MANOEUVRES BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC ARMY PRACTISES INVADING, NOW SOUTH AFRICANS END SOMALILAND DRIVE PREMIER STARS IN PEACEFUL ROLE
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: AFTER THE BATTLE OF MATAPAN BY CONVOY TO GIBRALTAR BATTLE FOR KEREN AUSTRALIANS WELCOME U.S. FLEET ON GUARD AT SINGAPORE HONG KONG IS READY GENERAL DE GAULLE IN CAIRO PRIME ...
For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include:
MR MENZIES ON EVE OF SAILING REVIEWS WAR SITUATION ANZACS IN THE NEWS FROM MALAY STATES TO THEIR HOMELAND AUSSIES SETTLE DOWN TO IT IN MALAYA EMPIRE AIR FIGHTERS OF ...
