Recently digitised - near Ismailia in Egypt in October 1940 French Spahis (North African light cavalry) exercise their horses for British War Office cameraman Gerald Massy-Collier. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM AYY 59-1/ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - at Maadi, near Cairo in Egypt, locally employed bakers knead dough to supply the British Army with bread. Shot by Gerald Massy-Collier for the War Office, 10 October 1940. #WW2 #history #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM AYY 59-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - off the Burma coast, during amphibious operations against the Japanese, Royal Navy destroyer HMS Eskimo conducts a shore bombardment; March 1945. Shot by Lt Ferris. #navalhistory #ww2 #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM JIN 27 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Today in 1944, at Roermond in the Netherlands, sound recordist Lt Peter Handford points his microphone at 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, and captures their singing at an open air church service. 🔊 #history #ww2

Full recording: IWM 7697 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - October 1940; at Shoeburyness Barracks in Essex, new soldiers are trained to drive a lorry while towing a 6-inch howitzer. Filmed by F K Carver for the War Office Film Unit. #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM AYY 43 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Another good aircraft thread by Jamie. In this film clip light glints off a captured German Ju-88 A5 bomber, wearing British markings and flown by No.1426 Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF. #AvHist #AvGeek

Full film: IWM ARY 7-28 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - Sept 1940; at Blandford Camp in Dorset, troops of 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers mount a motorcycle demonstration. Filmed by Walter Tennyson d'Eyncourt for the War Office Film Unit #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM AYY 40 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - May 1945; when Indian Army cameraman S V Abbas's jeep gets bogged down in wet ground near Nyaungkashe in Burma, a Stuart light tank is on hand with a friendly shove. #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM JIN 68 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - March 1945; Indian infantry mount up on Sherman tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade, during 17th Indian Division's advance towards Meiktila in central Burma. Shot by the Indian Army PR Film Unit #history #ww2 #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM JIN 13 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - February 1945; near Ru Ywa in the Arakan region of Burma, Royal Indian Army Service Corps troops operate Alligator amphibious vehicles, during ops by XV Indian Corps against the Japanese. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM JIN 35 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - at Thabutkon troops of 17th Indian Division are flown in on Dakota transport aircraft, during the division's advance on Meiktila in central Burma. Shot by A Salem.
#filmcataloguing #ww2 #history #AvHist

Full film: IWM JIN 12 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

A rainy day on HMS Belfast today.