DeptName
Documents

IDNO
192

OtherNumber
Misc 146 (2291)

ObjectType
Miscellaneous Documents

ShortSummary
Certificate (1p) issued by the Over-Seas League, London, on Empire Day 1941, to certify that Geoffrey Watts, aged eleven, had helped to provide comfort and contentment to the Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen of the British Commonwealth.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
737

OtherNumber
Misc 153 (2375)

ObjectType
Miscellaneous Documents

ShortSummary
Printed certificate (1p) issued by the Over-Seas League on Empire Day, 1940, to June Moreton while a young schoolgirl in recognition of her help in providing comforts to the servicemen of the British Commonwealth, together with a newspaper cutting (September 1989) from the BLACKPOOL EVENING GAZETTE including a picture of Miss Moreton and her schoolfriends in September 1939.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
7875

OtherNumber
98/18/2

ItemName
Private Papers of Alec Bishop

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Substantial collection of papers relating to his distinguished career, comprising a photocopy of his unpublished ts memoirs (304pp) recording his experiences as a junior officer with the Dorset Regiment in Mesopotamia and Palestine during the First World War and in India during the 1920s, service in the Colonial and War Offices in the 1930s and in the War Cabinet Secretariat during 1940 - 1941 (with anecdotes about Churchill and the London Blitz), briefly as Deputy Director of the Political Warfare Executive at the end of the war, then with the Control Commission for Germany as Chief of Information Services, Deputy Chief of Staff and Regional Commissioner for North Rhine/Westphalia, 1945 - 1950, senior appointments in the Commonwealth Relations Office, 1951 - 1957, Deputy High Commissioner in Calcutta, 1957 - 1962, and High Commissioner in Cyprus, 1964 - 1965; together with official papers, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other items, mainly concerning his work in Germany with the CCG.

MakerName
Bishop

Forenames
Alec

Honours
KCMG CB CVO OBE

Style
Major General Sir

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue and DCAR

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
9968

OtherNumber
01/10/1

ItemName
Private Papers of D Oates

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Interesting ts account (7pp, written January 2001) recording his National Service with the RAMC, February 1952 - February 1954, including: basic training at Keogh Barracks and Crookham Barracks, February - ?April 1952; service in operating theatre work at Tidworth Military Hospital on Salisbury Plain, ?April - November 1952; the voyage in the troopship HMT EMPIRE ORWELL to Japan, November - December 1952; active service during the Korean War as an Operating Theatre Technician at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan, December 1952 - December 1953; the voyage to the UK in HMT EMPIRE ORWELL, December 1953 - January 1954; his demobilisation, February 1954; and commenting on life in Japan, his duties, his accommodation in Tenno Barracks, the transportation of casualties, the Japanese support staff, the surgical work carried out, the tremendous comradeship in the surgical team, and sightseeing in Japan. Also included are three diagrams (3pp) and eight photographs of the Britcom General Hospital at Kure (1p) and the reminiscences (15pp) of service at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan, by eight other RAMC personnel, August 1951 - October 1956; one Nursing Officer, holding the rank of Lieutenant, with the QARNC, March 1952 - September 1953; one soldier in the Gloucestershire Regiment who was treated in the hospital, April - May 1953; and one worker who served with the NAAFI in Kure House, October 1953 - October 1955, describing their duties; off-duty entertainment and leave; the conditions; treatments, notably for VD; and the NAAFI.

MakerName
Oates

Forenames
D

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
EPH 1372

ProductionDate
1950

ItemName
food parcel: Canadian

ObjectType
foodstuffs

IndexPeople
Calvert-Cariss, J (Reverend)

IndexUnits
British-Israel World Federation

IndexHistPeriod
1945 - 1975

FullSummary
This food parcel was sent to Reverend J Calvert-Cariss by the Canadian Office of the British-Israel World Foundation in 1950. The box contained: Raspberry Jello, Bakers Coconut, Aunt Jemima ready mix pancakes, one can of Bee Hive golden syrup, corned beef, Lipton soup, Franco American macaroni with cheese, Packet Domestic brand shortening, a bag of sugar, Red Rose Orange Peko tea, Tin Klm powder whole milk, clover leaf salmon, a box of Old Oxford cheese and a box of farm eggs in powder.

RelatedImageFile
EPH_001372.jpg

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
05/11/2008 05:51:23

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
box with wrapping paper and a letter containing twelve items of foodstuffs.

Access
On display at IWM London

IndexPlace
Israel

IndexEvent
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1945-

Theme
Arab-Israeli Conflict post-1948

CoLStatus
Ready

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FIR 6330

ProductionDate
1944

ItemName
Sten Mk2 (II)

ObjectType
sub-machine gun

IndexUnits
CN.A & Nationalist Army

FullSummary
Canada produced over 100,000 Sten guns during the Second World War. These were all of the Mk 2 model (see FIR 6260) and were manufactured at a government-owned company: Small Arms Ltd, of Long Branch, Ontario.

This particular weapon is one of around 72,000 Canadian Stens which were intended for delivery to China. It bears a Chinese inscription which translates as: 'Sten hand-carry machine-gun, Canada made'.

ProductionCompany
Small Arms Ltd, Long Branch, Ontario, Canada

RelatedImageFile
FIR_006330.jpg

Weighting
1000
900

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
Mk 3 skeleton butt, Mk 5 safety-type cocking handle,

Access
On display at IWM North

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FIR 10762

ProductionDate
1942

ItemName
Rifle No4 Mk1*

ObjectType
rifle

FullSummary
The British No 4 rifle was a development of the Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield (see FIR 7815). It featured a heavier, flat-sided body, a heavier barrel and an aperture rear sight.

The No 4 was approved for service in November 1939 but, due to the difficulties of setting up production in new factories, did not see large scale issue until 1942. From then on it became the primary British and Canadian infantry weapon.

Production took place in Royal Ordnance Factorys at Fazakerley and Maltby, at BSA's plant at Shirley, and also in the USA and Canada. This particular rifle is one of over 900,000 produced at Small Arms Ltd, a Canadian government sponsored factory, based at Long Branch, Ontario.

ProductionCompany
Small Arms Ltd, Long Branch, Ontario, Canada

RelatedImageFile
FIR_010762.jpg

Weighting
1000
900

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
fitted with Mk3 rear-sight, Mk1 foresight block, Long Branch safety lever, grooved cocking piece, mazak butt plate, one-piece magazine, barrel smooth-bored.

Access
On display at IWM North

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FIR 10812

ItemName
Pistol, Browning, (F.N.) 9mm, H.P. No.2 Mk 1* & Browning High Power

ObjectType
pistol

FullSummary
After the German occupation of Belgium in 1940, certain employees of the Fabrique Nationale arms factory at Liége escaped to England. They included the chief designer, Dieudonné Saive. In 1943 Saive and the Deputy Director of FN, M. Laloux travelled to Canada to assist in setting up production of FN's "High Power" (see FIR 338) pistol at the John Inglis factory in Toronto.

Over 150,000 of these Browning pistols were manufactured in Canada, from the spring of 1944 onwards. Initially it had been intended to produce the pistol for use by China, but they were eventually issued to British and Canadian units too. They survived as standard issue weapons in both countries after the war.

ProductionCompany
John Inglis & Co Ltd, Toronto, Canada

RelatedImageFile
FIR_010812.jpg

Weighting
1000
900

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
2nd pattern slide, probably unfired

Access
On display at IWM North

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FIR 10728

ItemName
Pistol, Signal No1 Mk3*

ObjectType
pistol

IndexUnits
AU.N

FullSummary
The No 1 Mk III* signal pistol was the standard signal pistol of the British and Commonwealth armed forces at the outbreak of the Second World War. It was a tipping-barrel pistol which fired 1 inch flare cartridges.

This particular pistol is a good example of the complete subordination of industry to the war effort, having been made by the Colonial Sugar Refinery of Sydney, Australia.

ProductionCompany
Colonial Sugar Refinery, Sydney, Australia

RelatedImageFile
FIR_010728.jpg

Weighting
1000
900

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

Access
On display at IWM North

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FIR 7078

ProductionDate
1918

ItemName
Short Magazine Lee Enfield III*

ObjectType
rifle

IndexUnits
Australian organisations and Citizen Military Forces

FullSummary
The Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle was produced at the Australian government Small Arms Factory at Lithgow, New South Wales from 1913 until 1956. Most production occurred during the two World Wars.

Unlike the British Army, the Australians did not adopt the No 4 Rifle during the Second World War, but continued to produce and issue the No 1 Rifle (as the SMLE was by that time known). This pattern of rifle remained the standard Australian infantry rifle until after the Korean war.

ProductionCompany
Lithgow

RelatedImageFile
FIR_007078.jpg

Weighting
1000
900

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

Access
On display at IWM North

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
UNI 11794

ProductionDate
1945

ItemName
blouse, khaki battledress, woman officer, Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma)

ObjectType
uniform

IndexPeople
Cheverton, E P (Miss)

IndexUnits
GB.A & Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma)
IA.A & Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma)
GB.O & Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma)

FullSummary
The Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) - the `Wasbies' - were formed in Burma on 16 January 1942 to perform clerical and cipher duties at the Burma Army HQ. As the Japanese advanced through Burma the WAS(B) retreated with the army, their duties increasing with the enormity of the Japanese advance. About 300 were evacuated from Rangoon by sea as the city was overrun by the Japanese; 65 remained with the Burma Corps as they retreated the 1000 miles to India. The WAS(B) returned to Burma with the 14th Army for whom they provided a mobile canteen service. The WAS(B) was disbanded in Japan in 1946.
Miss E P Cheverton served with the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) WAS(B), from 1942-1946. this included, during the latter part of 1943, a tour of duty with No.5 WAS(B) mobile canteen which was attached to the 2nd Indian Division. She was recalled to WAS(B) Headquarters at Imphal and later went on to join HQ British and Indian Troops in Japan in November 1945. She remained in Japan until 1946. when the WAS(B) was disbanded.

RelatedIWMItems
UNI 11795-11796 : INS : DOCS

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
khaki cloth battledress blouse buttoning to the left. Blouse has a fly front and concealed buttons on the two breast pockets. Attached to the left arm a black lanyard. The two shoulderstraps are edged withpink and each has two worsted cloth rank pips in black. On each shoulder a badge, black on khaki, bearing the unit title W.A.S (B). On the left arm below the shoulder title a Union Flag; on the right shoulder below the shoulder title the British Commonwealth Forces flash. On each lapel, in dark bronze metal, a representation of the Chinthe.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FIR 11380

ProductionDate
1942

ItemName
Colt New Service (commercial post 1926)

ObjectType
pistol

IndexUnits
CA & Royal Canadian Mounted Police

FullSummary
The Colt New Service revolver was produced from 1898 to 1944. It was purchased by the North West Mounted Police of Canada from 1904 onwards, originally in British .455 inch calibre. After their re-organization in 1920 as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the 'Mounties' issued personnel in the Northern and Western provinces with .455 New Services and those in the east with the same weapon in .45 Colt calibre. This weapon is one of the final batch of 100, purchased from Colt in July 1942.

ProductionCompany
Colt's Patent Firearms Co, Hartford, CT, USA

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
The final variant of the Colt New service, in .45 Colt calibre. Exhibits the late frame type with Patridge style rearsight, two-collar ejector rod head, machine-chequered walnut grips. Has the Royal Canadian Mounted Police MP stamp on the base of the butt and the RCMP serial number 2791 on the backstrap. Colt serial number is 353637.

Access
Access restrictions may apply

DeptName
Film

IDNO
UKY 519

ProductionDate
1943

ItemName
TYNESIDE STORY [Main]

IndexObjects
industry, British - ships
propaganda, British - inspirational

IndexPlaces
GB, England & Tyne (River)
GB, England & Northd <shipyards>

ShortSummary
A dramatised account, with actors from a local theatre company, of the reopening for war production of the Tyneside shipbuilding yards closed down by the Depression.

FullSummary
Opening scenes: weeds are cleared from a yard, and models in one shed prompt the manager to reminisce about the yard's history - former shipbuilders are called up from their new jobs back to the yards; their reactions range from nostalgia through anger at disruption to apprehension that the whole cycle could begin again post-war - the yard starts up again and (Reel 2) the first ship is launched. Yards are still short of manpower; film makes direct appeal to men and women, full and part-time - shots of government and shipyard training in electrical work, welding etc. Men and women at work: including some West Indian seamen, working part-time between ships. Film closes with a tribute to Tyneside - and one worker again asking 'will it be the same again - after the war?'

ContextDescription
Remarks: very good.
Documentation/associated material: COI file - dialogue, full credits (individual actors)

Duration
14 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
2

Dimensions
1270 ft

ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information
Ministry of Labour

ProductionCompany
Spectator

ProductionTeam
Gunn, Gilbert: director
Hankinson, Michael: producer
Common, Jack: story
Luff, A H: photography
Kemplen, Ralph: film editor
Bland, William S: sound recordist
Hughes, Ken: musical arranger

ProductionCast
People's Theatre Company: actors
Simpson, Alf: actor [as Yard Manager]
Thompson, Alan: actor [as Regional Controller, MOL]
Crabtree, W: actor [as Assistant Regional Controller]
Bell, John: actor [as Clerk]
Whittingham, G G: actor [as Draper]
Gibson, F R: actor [as Building Contractor]
Griffin, Bob: actor [as Contractor's Foreman]
Whitman, W: actor [as Government Training Instructor]

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar
WarAndSocialChange

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
UPU

DeptName
Film

IDNO
WPN 51

ProductionDate
20/4/42

ItemName
WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 51 [Main]

IndexObjects
industry, Indian - general
agriculture, Indian - tropical
operations, Indian military - sortie

IndexPlaces
India
Egypt & Western Desert
Ethiopia & Eritrea

IndexUnits
IN.A

ShortSummary
India.

FullSummary
A map of India shows the provinces, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. The commentary introduces this edition devoted entirely to matters Indian by stressing the contrasts found in the landscape between temples and steel mills. Smoke belches from chimneys at one of India's steel foundries as the commentary highlights the fact that India is now ranked the eighth industrial power in the world. External views of a steel foundry follow showing the railway lines that supply it with raw materials. An Indian foundry worker wearing protective glasses operates a blast furnace in the interior of a foundry building. The commentary states that although industry is important, the bulk of the Indian population still work the land. Wheat threshing and grain milling sequences follow. Indian men wash clothes in the open air using wooden vats. Back at the steel foundry, molten steel is carefully poured into holding containers, pressed and then transported along a conveyor belt to the next stage of the industrial process. Elsewhere steel has corrugations moulded into its surface by means of a massive industrial press. Other male foundry operatives tackle the more detailed jobs, making rifle and machine gun bullets. A boy worker seated at a bench hand sorts and packs bullets with amazing speed and dexterity. Elsewhere at a textiles factory, looms spin material that will eventually produce essential war goods such as uniforms, tents and wound dressings. Pulp is rolled and shaped in a paper factory as an Indian factory worker inspects the finished product during the quality control process. The commentary highlights the Indian military contribution to the war effort, especially in the fighting in Eritrea. A South African gun crew bombard Italian positions with a BL 26cwt 6-in howitzer with pneumatic tyres. Italian infantry and local Eritrean levies surrender to Commonwealth forces. Indian sappers use pneumatic drills and picks to clear an Italian earth and rock roadblock. A mule train led by Indian infantry winds its way up a rocky incline bringing supplies to the front line troops. Indian troops drive 15cwt 4X2 GS (Indian) Chevrolet trucks across a rugged landscape. Elsewhere, a ship without its superstructure is launched down a slip way as the commentary stresses the hazards posed to shipping by the Japanese even in Indian home waters. An Indian naval vessel fires depth charges from its stern which explode creating a large water spout. At an aircraft maintenance depot Indian mechanics inspect the tyre bays and under wing area of an unidentifiable aircraft. The commentary states that many young Indians have taken their wings in the cause of freedom. Sikh infantry march along a dusty track on the outskirts of Cairo with pyramids evident in the background. An Indian Army instructor watches his pupil firing a vehicle mounted Bren .303-in light machine gun in the anti-aircraft role. Sikh troops run to 15cwt 4X2 GS (Indian) Chevrolet trucks at the start of a desert patrol. Indian troops run past a disabled Universal Carrier carrying Lee-Enfield .303-in Mk III rifles with fixed bayonets. Indian troops armed with Lee-Enfields apparently force a German tank crewman to surrender. The German climbs out of a PzKpfw III carrying a large jerry can of water and walks off escorted by his Indian captors. The commentary states that from the first days of the war, India has demonstrated that her future is linked with that of the British Empire over scenes of sheet metal being pressed in a steel foundry and Sikh troops marching.

Duration
10 mins

Format
P 3/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
925 ft

ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information, Middle East

ProductionCompany
War Pictorial News

ProductionTeam
Martin, Charles: film editor
Keating, Rex: commentary

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
Arabic

OtherReferences
English script
shotsheet

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
INR 41

ProductionDate
24/12/1943

ItemName
INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 41 [Main]
INDIAN NEWS PARADE [Series]

FullSummary
I. "TONGA TURNOUTS AND CAMEL CARTS AT LAHORE" Film depicting the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) show at Lahore attended by the Society's Secretary and Sir Bertrand Glancy. Scenes of donkeys, horses, camel riding and cattle, extolling the virtues of kindness to animals.
II. "CLEAR THE SLUMS" Film depicting Lord Wavell's journey from Viceroy's House in New Delhi to inspect the city's slum clearance and the erection of new dwellings. Commentary emphasises importance of health: "From the highest to the lowest in the land, it's our health that's at stake"
III. "MORE JAP FUTILITY" Scenes of Japanese daylight air-raid damage in Calcutta showing dead cattle and dead people. Commentary contrasts scenes damage with Japan's "Co-Prosperity sphere". Intact brick houses are shown to highlight importance of strong homes to avoid damage from bombing raids.
IV. "VILLAGE SECURITY" Scenes of villagers taking part in Madras National Front Scheme of self-defence, a scheme introduced to villagers by Captain Harvey. Scenes of village boys "becoming experts in dealing with a sudden attack".
V. "H.M.I.S. HIMALAYA" Scenes of naval gunnery training ship «HMIS Himalaya» in "launching ceremony" after its move from Bombay to Karachi. Scenes of flag officer on the quarter deck and an aeroplane making a mock attack on the ship, "one of India's surest defences".
VI. "TWO STARS IN CLOSE HARMONY" Scenes featuring the film stars Devika Rani (one of India's premier cinema actresses) and the US actor, Melvyn Douglas, serving with the American troops in India (with the rank of Captain). Douglas tries to play some Indian music. Commentary notes Christmas greetings from Devika Rani to Douglas and the American troops.
VII. "WAR MINDEDNESS ON WHEELS" Film depicts the inspection by the Maharajah of Jodhpur, an Air Commodore, of the National War Front's Exhibition train prior to its tour of the countryside. The exhibition illustrates "the hail of steel which the United Nations are bringing to bear on the enemy".

ContextDescription
Summary: film not viewed; synopses based on commentary sheets.
Summary: Devika Rani was the niece of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Music (Item I): "La Giaconda"
Music (Item II): "Waltz Trieste" [ie Valse Triste]
Music (Item III): "William Tell Overture"
Music (Item IV): "Invincible Eagle"
Music (Item V): "March du Barry"
Music (Item VI): "Coming Out Party"
Music (Item VII): "A Frangesa"

Duration
8 mins

Format
35mm

Colour
B&W

Sound
Comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
714 ft

ProductionSponsor
Department of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

ProductionTeam
Moylan, William J (FRGS, FRSA): producer
Moylan, William J (FRGS, FRSA): editor
Birdi, E M: cameraman (item I)
Ghatak, S C: cameraman (item II)
Sen, A K: cameraman (item III)
Cooper, E R: cameraman (item IV)
Mani, T S: cameraman (item V)
Rowdon, J: cameraman (item VI)
Menon, A: cameraman (item VI)
Mani, T S: cameraman (item VII)

ProductionCountry
GB
India

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

OtherReferences
Original commentary sheets

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
20/02/2009 05:50:26

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM
To be established

DeptName
Film

IDNO
CBE 204

ProductionDate
1941

ItemName
BUILDING FOR VICTORY [Main]

IndexObjects
propaganda, British - inspirational

IndexPeople
George VI, King
Churchill, Winston L S

IndexPlaces
GB, England

ShortSummary
A compilation of film of factory production of war material in Britain and throughout the Empire.

FullSummary
A minimal degree of continuity is provided by film of King George VI visiting various factories; also much use is made of general film of men and women working on lathes at unidentifiable jobs, and stock shots of completed articles (eg Hurricanes, a surface-launched torpedo etc). Film includes: shipbuilding, aircraft construction (aero-engines, Spitfires), building airfields, making and packing parachutes, AA guns, Cruiser tanks (track fitted); South African factories produce cartridges, shells, guns, armoured cars; Indian workers train in Britain; Australian plant makes guns etc; Canada produces carriers and bombs. Transatlantic Convoy (shot of Churchill greeting one during Atlantic Charter conference); American lend-lease material unloaded: munitions, M-3 tanks, predictors, Thompson guns (British inspectors).

ContextDescription
Remarks: fourth of 4 newsreel compilations - see remarks to THE EMPIRE'S NEW ARMIES (CBE 201).

Duration
10 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
954 ft

ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information

ProductionCompany
Pathe

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
LPU

DeptName
Film

IDNO
CIN 203

ProductionDate
1941

ItemName
ARMS FROM INDIA [Main]
TOOLS FOR THE JOB [alternative]

IndexObjects
industry, Indian - munitions
industry, Indian - vehicles
propaganda, Indian - inspirational
supplies, Indian, movement [RA] - misc

IndexPlaces
India

ShortSummary
A survey of the involvement of India's Home Front in the war effort.

FullSummary
An opening sequence of blackout, ARP practice and maps showing India's far-flung strategic frontiers (Egypt to Singapore) suggests the sort of involvement that could threaten in the future. The main sequence shows India's war industry at work backing up India's and the Commonwealth fighting forces to avert such a threat - "These men and women also fight: they fight the battle of the factories". Film shows production of gun parts and munitions, tyres, assembly of Indian-made vehicle bodies on US chassis imports, textile industries (cotton, wool and canvas) and medical supplies. A still wider variety of products is suggested with film of trains loading, shipyards etc. Other forms of support are mentioned: Princes' donations, 'war weeks.' A final sequence, of Indian servicemen, countryside and workers, accompanies final commentary on India's determination "to preserve her ancient, tranquil civilisation."

Duration
10 mins

Format
P 1/16/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
373 ft

ProductionSponsor
Film Advisory Board of India

ProductionCompany
Indian Film Unit

ProductionTeam
Mir, Ezra: director
[Farrukhi, Sherroz]: [director]
Shaw, Alexander: producer
Date, V V: cameraman
Mevavalla, N D: film editor
Wadia Movietone: music
Gibson, R V: commentary

ProductionCountry
India

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
COI 258

ProductionDate
1940

ItemName
FOOD FROM THE EMPIRE [Main]

IndexObjects
administration, British - civilian: Divisional Food Offices
society, British - sustenance: food

IndexPlaces
Australia
GB

ShortSummary
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.

FullSummary
Although more land has been given over to food production, a significant contribution is made by the British Commonwealth of Nations. The sources of items in a shopping bag are described by people from the countries involved: lamb, sultanas, wheat and fruit from Australia, New Zealand butter and cheese (90% of produce going to UK), West African cocoa and cocoa butter, vegetable oil from the Gold Coast, tea from Ceylon. Distribution of these items when in Britain is handled by 19 Divisional Food Offices who coordinate the movement and storage of the foodstuffs, and redirect supplies in times of emergencies. The link between producers and suppliers is sea power - tribute is paid to the convoys. This chain of production, distribution and sales culminates in the food being served in ordinary British households.

ContextDescription
Credits: "grateful acknowledgement is made to:- Messrs Cadbury Bros Ltd, the Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, the English and Scottish Joint Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, the Government of New South Wales (Australia), the Great Western Railway, the Miller's Mutual Association for their co-operation during the making of this film."

Duration
10 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
866 ft

ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information

ProductionCompany
Merton Park Studios

ProductionTeam
Thumwood, T R: director

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar
Together

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
UPU

DeptName
Film

IDNO
COI 832

ProductionDate
1942 (ca)

ItemName
BEHIND THE WINGS [Main]

IndexObjects
operations, Indian military - maintenance
operations, Indian military - routine

IndexPlaces
India

IndexUnits
IN.F

ShortSummary
Behind-the-scenes in the Indian Air Force.

FullSummary
The film shows: aircraft in flight; a newspaper headline stating 'three Japanese planes shot down over Calcutta'; maintenance of aircraft; workshop work; class instruction; shooting and bombing practice; sport; parade ground; the barracks; the men receiving their first posting and working on aircraft; 1942, getting ready for action, and a ground attack on them and supplies being brought back to base.

ContextDescription
Production: the film begins with the following statement: 'In dedicating this film to the ground crews of the Indian air force we extend our grateful thanks to all the officers and men of the IAF and RAF for their help and cooperation in making this film possible'

Duration
11 mins

Format
N 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
Mute

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
1058 ft

ProductionSponsor
Department of Information and Broadcasting

ProductionCompany
Information Films of India

ProductionTeam
Villiers, Kenneth: director
Mir, Ezra: producer
Master, Rustom: photography
Desai, Sadanand: film editor
Patil, S D: sound recordist
Kaufman, Walter: musical arranger

ProductionCountry
India

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
English

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
UPU

DeptName
Film

IDNO
CSA 201

ProductionDate
11/1941

ItemName
SINEWS OF WAR : a story of achievement on the South African home front [Main]

IndexObjects
industry, South African - clothing: uniforms
industry, South African - food
industry, South African - munitions
industry, South African - primary: gold mining
industry, South African - vehicles: Marmon Herrington armoured cars
propaganda, South African - inspirational

IndexPeople
Van Der Bijl, H J
Smuts, Jan C

IndexPlaces
South Africa

ShortSummary
South Africa's mobilisation of her resources and production in 1939-40.

FullSummary
Establishing shots on theme "a country of opportunity"; outbreak of war - film of Smuts, and recruits joining up. Film explains SA's shortage of equipment and impossibility of supplies from Britain - what are SA's own resources ? Gold (mines and workshops) explosives, railways (technology and workshops), and steel industry in Transvaal. Government planning: Director General van der Bijl, technical drawings of vehicles, shells, grenades etc. (Reel 2) Some very good film of actual production - uniform, webbing (leggings), hats, steel helmets, boots (uniform issue); food canning and biscuit baking; vehicle chassis imported, finished locally; making tyres, armour plating ; assembling Marmon Herrington armoured cars; small arms ammunition; shells (casting, turning and filling); grenades, mortar and aerial bombs; mortars and a small field gun all produced locally. Closing montage of flag and finished gun firing.

ContextDescription
Remarks: curious commentary; occasionally a near-religious tone "Christianity against evil powers of modern paganism", and patriotism is limited to South Africa itself (ie not to 'Empire') - some excellent stock shot material in reel 2.
Documentation/associated material: COI file - script

Duration
16 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
2

Dimensions
1410 ft

ProductionSponsor
Government of South Africa

ProductionCompany
African Film Productions

ProductionTeam
Albrecht, Joseph: supervisor
Noble, G F: photography
Kirstein, H: film editor
Howes, E: sound recordist

ProductionCountry
South Africa

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
To be established

DeptName
Film

IDNO
IWM 410

ProductionDate
11/1917

ItemName
a CHINESE LABOUR CONTINGENT [Main]
un CONTINGENTE DE TRABAJADORES CHINOS (on copy held) [alternative]

IndexEvents
01/3(4-15).7

IndexObjects
operations, British military - routine
supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc
society, Chinese military - ethnic
society, Chinese military - sustenance
society, Chinese military - friendship
society, British military - friendship

IndexPlaces
France

IndexUnits
GB.A & Chinese Labour Corps

ShortSummary
The Chinese Labour Corps on the Western Front, 1917.

FullSummary
The film, under-exposed, shows Chinese Labour Corps members working at a docks, carrying away sacks which come down on a sling from a dockside crane. They have difficulty with the sacks, but one large Chinese, after several failures, demonstrates to the camera that he can carry three sacks at once. They leave the docks marching in column. Other members of the Corps work in a stoneyard, shovelling granite chippings and road-fill out of light railway trucks. Another group works in the timber yard, carrying planks to a stack. Yet another collects water in collapsible buckets, slung on a pole between two men. At their camp, members of the Corps queue up to receive tinned rations, and a British soldier demonstrates to a bemused Chinese how to use a tin-opener. The members of the Corps form up on parade. The final scenes are of several Chinese carrying baskets suspended between poles, and of others sitting and eating.

ContextDescription
Production: Spanish language version of the film, the English title of which was A CHINESE LABOUR CONTINGENT. The overseas release date was January 1918

Duration
10 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
589 ft

ProductionSponsor
War Office Cinema Committee

ProductionCompany
Topical Film Company

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
Spanish

LanguageSubtitles
Spanish

OtherReferences
shotsheet

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
IWM 413

ProductionDate
11/1917

ItemName
S AFRICAN NATIVE LABOUR CONTINGENT : somewhere in France [Main]
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE LABOUR CONTINGENT : somewhere in France [alternative]

IndexEvents
01/3(4-15).7

IndexObjects
supplies, British, storage [RA] - misc
agriculture, South African - arable
recreation, South African military - casual
society, South African military - ethnic
society, South African military - sustenance

IndexPeople
Muti, Prince of Zululand

IndexPlaces
France

IndexUnits
GB.A & South African Labour Contingent
ZA.A & South African Labour Contingent

ShortSummary
Work of the South African Labour Contingent in France, 1917.

FullSummary
The film opens with Number 1 Camp of the contingent by a wood, and a posed group of the black NCOs with their white officers. The NCOs are all "native chiefs". Members of the contingent unload boxes of supplies at a dump from railway wagons, while others use picks and shovels to dig road mending material. The main part of the film concerns the contingent at work in a forest cutting down trees and transporting the logs by means of light rail sledges drawn by horses. The logs are cut to a manageable size by a belt-driven rotary saw. At lunchtime the men relax around a fire, one performs a dance for the camera, and there is a free-for-all, before they return to work. At the main timber yard members of the contingent unload logs from a goods train. The men march back to their camp. One of the sergeants (seen only briefly) is a "Prince in his own country", probably Muti, son of Ntshingwayo, of the Zunga tribe of Zululand.

ContextDescription
Title: the alternative title is from an undated WOCC programme (a copy of which is held by the Film and Video Archive) for several films including one with this (main) title.
Summary: see also IWM 128.
Remarks: an interesting variation on the 'personalised' approach to the war which marked the new policy of British official film in autumn 1917 and produced the BRITISH REGIMENTS series.

Duration
17 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
907 ft

ProductionSponsor
War Office Cinema Committee

ProductionCompany
Topical Film Company

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
English

OtherReferences
shotsheet

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
93 / 2325

OtherNumber
K

ProductionDate
1984

ItemName
The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal

SubTitle
Spink medal booklet; no. 8

IndexPlaces
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth

IndexConcepts
medal winners
gallantry awards
decoration and award winners
orders, decorations, medals
deeds of valour
medal winners
award winners
decoration winners
heraldry in general
[ Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal]

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Pbk

ContextDescription
Pbk

NumberOfParts
83 pages
ill., ports.

Dimensions
21

MakerName
J.M.A. Tamplin

MakerInfo
TAMPLIN, J.M.A.
SPINK MEDAL BOOKLET; NO. 8

ProductionCompany
Spink

ProductionCountry
London

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
Spink medal booklet; no. 8

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
88 / 186

OtherNumber
0-86980-564-9 (pbk.)

ProductionDate
1987

ItemName
Black valour
the South African native labour contingent, 1916-1918, and the sinking of the Mendi

IndexPlaces
South Africa
Great Britain
UK
Negroes
Black
Afro-Caribbean

IndexUnits
[ South African Native Labour Contingent]
[ Mendi]

IndexConcepts
army, labour units
africans in the army
blacks in the army
blacks in the armed forces
afro-caribbeans in the army
individual ships, merchant navy
merchant navy, individual ships
individual merchant ships
military unit histories
armed forces in general
armies
merchant navy

IndexHistPeriod
First World War

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

ContextDescription
pages 190-193

NumberOfParts
xvi, 204 pages, 16 pages of plates
ill., frontis., map, ports.

Dimensions
21

MakerName
Norman Clothier

MakerInfo
CLOTHIER, NORMAN

ProductionCompany
University of Natal Press

ProductionCountry
Pietermaritzburg

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
p.190-193
index

ISBN
0-86980-564-9 (pbk.)

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
75130

ProductionDate
1917

ItemName
On two fronts
being the adventures of an Indian Mule Corps in France and Gallipoli

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
India
India
Theatre of operations Western Front 1914-1918
Theatre of operations France and the Low Countries 1939-1940
Entre Douro e Minho

IndexUnits
[ Indian Supply and Transport Corps]
[ Indian Mule Corps]

IndexConcepts
horses, donkeys, mules, asses
army, transportation service, army transport
transportation service activities
tranport activities
army, transportation service, regiments, battalions and companies
autobiography, individual
personal experiences
animals
military unit histories
armed forces in general
armies
military operations
campaigns, military
warfare (conventional)
battles
[ Alexander, Herber Maitland]
biographies
autobiographies
diaries
letters

IndexHistPeriod
First World War

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

NumberOfParts
vii, 248p., 1p. of plates
ill., map

Dimensions
19

MakerName
by Major H.M. Alexander, D.S.O.

MakerInfo
ALEXANDER, HEBER MAITLAND

ProductionCompany
William Heinemann

ProductionCountry
London

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SinewsOfWar

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks