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Colombo Ceylon 1944 stock footage and images

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Film 'Wonders of the World' shows women plucking tea leaves from tea garden and men performing a local dance in Ceylon.

Film 'Wonders of the World' shows elephants and bullocks on streets in Ceylon. Men and women build houses. Bullock cart moves on road. Hay hung in front to tempt the bullocks to come forward. A group of women plucks tea leaves from a tea garden. Various plants and trees in Peradiniya Garden. Men in traditional costumes perform a local dance. Elephant performs stunt. Local man smokes pipe.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043493
British Air Marshal Air Keith trooping line of Honor Guard in front of South East Asia Command headquarters in Kandy, Ceylon (WW2)

Honor Guard in formation in front of SEAC (South East Asia Command) headquarters in Kandy, Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka) during World War II. Car stops in front of SEAC headquarters. Guard takes picture of officer under tree. British Air Marshal Sir Keith Park exits out of car. Sir Keith trooping line of Honor Guard. Sir Keith walks into building.

Date: 1945, February 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052250
WAC (Women's Army Corps) stamp credit line on back of still photographs at Still Laboratory in Kandy, Ceylon.

WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon. WAC in Still Photo Laboratory stamp credit line on back of still photographs. Board reads 'SEAC (South East Asia Command) Unit Still Laboratory'.

Date: 1945, January 6
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043699
WAC (Women's Army Corps) Sergeant transcribes diction and answers telephone in Kandy, Ceylon.

WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon. WAC Sergeant at desk transcribes diction and answers telephone. Sheet on the type writer with heading that reads 'Top Secret'.

Date: 1945, January 6
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043700
WAC (Women's Army Corps) walks outside building in Kandy, Ceylon.

WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon. Sign board reads 'Major General D Harrison, Engineer in Chief'. Women walk out of the building. United States soldier walks out of a room. Board reads 'Record Section'. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, January 3
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043701
WAC (Women's Army Corps) performs calisthenics in Kandy, Ceylon.

WAC (Women's Army Corps) activities in Kandy, Ceylon. Board reads 'Record Section, SEAC (South East Asia Command) headquarters'. A group of WAC exercises on an open ground. They stretch their hands and bend down. Women's Army Corps relax on ground after the exercise.

Date: 1945, January 3
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043702