A documentary titled 'Fall of Rangoon'. Soldiers of British Indian 50th Parachute Division board aircrafts for airborne attacks on Rangoon,Burma. Soldiers of 26th Indian Regiment reach the banks of river Rangoon in boats as large number of Burmese welcome them. Soldiers march into the city without encountering enemy. Allied forces capture the city.
S.S.Queen Mary sets a new mark across Atlantic. British liner, S.S.Queen Mary moves across the Atlantic. S.S.Queen Mary ship reaches New York in a record time of four days, eight hours and thirty seven minutes, from Cherbourg water break, to the Ambrose Lightship. Biplane aircraft fly over the Queen Mary ocean liner as she nears the coast. The Statue of Liberty is also seen in harbor of New York City.
British Financial Delegation headed by Wilfred Eady arrives at an airport in New York. The mission seeks to ease terms of a three billion dollar loan to Britain due to financial crisis the country is undergoing.
British forces taking large numbers of Italian prisoners during the Western Desert Campaiign in Egypt during WWII. Marmon-Harrington Armored Cars are shown.. Several large fires. Italian prisoners brought in by the truck full and processed into holding areas. High winds and sand storms wreak havoc on soldiers tents and encampment. (World War II period).
Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister, arrives and gets into a building. United States President Dwight D Eisenhower meets Prime Minister Eden as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is also present at the meeting in United States.
A film titled 'Delegation tour of Kenya' shows a six member British Parliamentary delegation headed by Walter Eliot visiting Kenya. They visit a construction site where a member of the delegation helps the workers with the construction work. They watch local men and women dig a ditch for a guard post. Kenya police band plays sports organized by them. Officials visit a group of Mau Mau prisoners being encouraged to farm land in their prison area. Delegation visits Athi river camp where Walter Eliot addresses the Mau Mau prisoners. Two prisoners give a petition to the members of the delegation from, behind the barbed wires.
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