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WWII - 1944, USA: Government Documentary: Know Your Ally - Britain Pt 3 of 4

Reel Number: 221578-02-P3

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: England,India,United Kingdom,USA

Location: London,Mysore,Washington

TC Begins: 03:56:25

TC Ends: 04:05:24

Duration: 00:08:59

Pt 3 of 4 NOTE: Any continuous 14 minutes of film selected from 03:37:21 - 04:17:18 sold at per reel rate. Continued... Differences: Horseguards parade; changing the guard. Judges w/ wigs. Antique interiors of home. Man sweeps street. King & Queen. Coronation George VI, Royal family. King & queen visit bombed out areas. King firing rifle on target range. 03:57:46 US Court - British court. King pinning medal on RAF man. Montage British faces w/ Crown superimposed. Parliament & interior House of Lords. Family life, elections, people voting. Interior of Westminster. Lords. Montage industry. CU of Lord Mountbatten, Lord Beaverbrook, Ernest Bevin on stage, Herbert Morrison speaking. 04:00:24 British Empire map. Newspaper headlines re Fuehrer offers Peace. Anthony Eden re peace offer (SOF). Clearing bomb damage; headlines re Hess. Churchill addressing Congress: “What sort of a people do they think we are ...” (GOOD). Map of British Empire, animated to show countries given independence. Montage. British Army. Commonwealth. 04:02:46 India & Maharaja's procession, street scenes Mysore. Docks. Viceroy’s executive council; Indian court; Indian armed forces. Words of Jan Smuts narrated over scenes of Indian life re independence of India. Street scenes - agriculture - bathing in Ganges. Sign - for Highcasts only. Nehru - Jinna - Gandhi. Newspaper headlines re Britain offers Dominion Status to India after war. Brief shot Stafford Cripps. Map of India - animated to show strategic position. Map of Europe. Continued... Pre-WWII - England; Homefront; Allies; Special Relationship; Friendship; Class System; Pre-WW2; NOTE: Most sequences in this film are short - montages, but good quality. NOTE: Any continuous 14 minutes of film selected from 03:37:21 - 04:17:18 sold at per reel rate.

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