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Cartoon adventure, in which Felix plays golf. He's shot overseas on a jet of water and ends up in Africa, ...
General impression of the Sahara city of Kano, culminating in the concluding festival of the Moslem Ramadhan.
The first international congress of African culture held in Salisbury.
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Covered wagons drawn by mules, each flying the Red Cross flag, fording the Vaal river (13ft).
Note: Filmed ...
An interview with Lord Carver who would be responsible on Britain's behalf for implementing the Anglo-American settlement in Rhodesia, if ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Two scenes.
Long shot of soliders digging under the supervision of officers (26). An armoured train, going in ...
A history of the Rhodesian parliament and of Rhodesia's political development. It begins with various shots in the city of ...
A film which shows the primitive conditions of the people of the northern region of the Gold Coast. It shows ...
A film produced in West Africa in order to show how, by sensible conduct and precautionary measures in the home, ...
An African boy and his girl in a small village in Nigeria, and impact of Westernisation due to coming of ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. How a Rhodesian African makes fire.
An African sits by a tree and carves a notch into a soft stick. ...
The Ground Nut Scheme in Africa by the United Africa Company.
Scenes from the service conducted by His Lordship the Bishop of Accra at Bukom Square, Accra, Ghana.
Unedited takes of fishing and fishermen in Kenya.
There are several sequences divided by makeshift 'slates'. (1) Static shot ...
The film includes sequences in and around Gwoza including markets, a palm plantation, villages and drilling for artesian wells. The ...
The work of the African Messenger service in Northern Rhodesia. Looks at a typical day's duties of a chief messenger ...
Examines two countries, Uganda and Zimbabwe Rhodesia [sic] which are African troublespots. Looks at how the decisions of Africa's rulers ...
The importance of the life-giving waters of the Nile to Sudan and Egypt with property depending on the success of ...
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given ...
Short documentary about the game of football.
Opening with Cup Final (Wolves 3, Leicester 1), film shows football being ...
Light aeroplanes at Heston aerodrome (75ft).
Medical work of the Salvation Army in Africa.
FARCE: The Boer War: Ex-con Private Doubleday saves the life of Major Pyke and is recommended for the VC. Instead, ...
Film of Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary, being interviewed on the Rhodesian situation shortly after the resignation of Governor ...
'When Mr. Creech Jonmes, Secretary of State for the Colonies, cut a symbolic turf on the site of the new ...
Adventure story about cowardice versus bravery among British soldiers in the 1880s.
Harry Faversham finds himself branded a coward by his friends and family when he resigns his commission before the war ...
Four couples describe their holidays:- Kariba/Eastern Highlands, Lake Nyasa, Victoria Falls, Lake Tangyanika.
January 7th 1955. An announcement by Chief Awolowo, Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria at the radio station? He ...
DOCUMENTARY: Independence Day celebrations in Ghana, including ceremonies and pageants and the opening of the Ghana Parliament by the Duchess ...
The film describes how a mission-trained Africanboy returns to his home village, having been at the mission school since a ...
The Rhodesian Army in operation against Nationalist guerillas.
The destruction of Rhodesia's native timber resources and the need for careful management of that resource.
LIVE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME. The first of the series.
Main title over rock band Humble Pie playing to studio audience ...
Native is instructed on irrigation by local Agricultural Assistant.
The claims made by South Africa on the protectorates of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland.
The film begins by offering a historical ...
Tracing the development of Gallagher's tobacco company and showing modern factories in Great Britain and the farm in Rhodesia where ...
GOVERNMENT FILM. A record of the Queen's visit to the Gambia in 1962.
MS. Looking up at lioness on large rock (5). MCU. Two lionesses looking out over a rock (11). "A truly ...
African labourers excavating a clearing, with railway tracks in the background. The Africans may be Zulus (94ft).
TWO NATIVES OF GANGUELLA COLLECTING HONEY FROM A HIVE BY SMOKING OUT THE BEES. THE HONEY> IS MADE INTO A ...
Film shows the work of the small village pottery at Naraguta, a few miles outside Jos, Plateau Province. The pots ...
ACTUALITY. Boer WAr. A procession of ox-drawn wagons passing down a trail over a hill towards the camera; the oxen ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits east African troops in Rangoon, capital ...
DRAMA. A British general is captured by a Mahdi. His daughter, is also imprisoned but escapes and summons the Scottish ...
A study of Northern Nigeria as it prepares for self-government.
The commentator introduces Africa as the 'continent of the future' before ...
Film made by the COI for the National Council for the Supply of Teachers Overseas. Shows how African children live, ...
INTEREST. A film of British West Africa.
Credits (23). The primitive fishing of the natives on the Gold Coast - they ...