INTERVIEWS WITH OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL INDIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS CONTINGENT WHICH SERVED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AND A VISIT BY MAJOR-GENERAL ALBAN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INTERVIEWS WITH OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL INDIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS CONTINGENT WHICH SERVED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AND A VISIT BY MAJOR-GENERAL ALBAN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MWY 92
  • Other titles: INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Two-part film, featuring live sound interviews with three Indian officers of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC).
  • Description: Part 1 (sound) [10:50:33:02] Three interviews with Indian soldiers. The first, Subedar Nasir Rahman (?), is interviewed in English by an off-screen interviewer. Rahman wears a tunic and side cap, and speaks directly to camera. Rahman speaks of his service in France and the British Army’s respect for their skills in handling animal transport. Proud to represent the Indian Army as a contingent of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. The hospitality of British people, inviting troops of the Indian contingent to spend their leave with them. Meeting the King. The second interviewee is interviewed in an Indian language (Urdu?); his name may be Lieutenant Nizamdeen and he wears a peaked cap with the eight-pointed star of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC). The third interviewee is also interviewed in an Indian language, and wears the same tunic (with three medal ribbons) and side cap as Rahman. His name may be Subedar-Major Gulam Mussab. [10:53:11:09] Part 2 (silent): [10:53:12:21] A ship’s anchor; pan along to the dockside with men along the ship's rails. A British military band playing on the quayside. Three clarinettists. Euphonium player. Brief shot; inspection by Major-General Alban aboard ship. Indian troops of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. Smiling Indian soldiers. Men coming down a gangplank. Smiling troops on the quayside. More views of the ship. More troops disembarking. Views of the ship. Shots of Alban’s inspection. Troops on deck. Close-ups. Alban on deck. Alban talking to British and Indian officers. Indian troops. The bow of the ship. British trumpeter; he wears a ‘York’ shoulder title. [10:57:26:05] Attached media - films MWY 92 and MWY 93
  • Alternative Title: INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MWY 92
  • Sound: Sound (part silent)
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: India
  • Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor) Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company) Bacha, R A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (regiment/service) Alban, Clifton Edward Rawdon Grant (person)
  • Keywords: Bombay, West India, India (geography) Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme) India 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound (part silent)
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 630 ft (approx); Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MWY 92

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BCY 35 (INDIAN TROOPS AND MULES AT WORK [Allocated Title])
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