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Conditions faced by a team of explorers looking for oil. Principal locations Persian Gulf, Canada, Papua, Zanzibar, Trinidad.
Scenes of the 1955 Trinidad carnival shot by Alan Broad, British Trade Commissioner in Trinidad, 1950-1960.
Travelogue of Jamaica.
The Canopus touching down in Montego Bay; the visit to Kingston, the American n naval reception at Panama; the enthusiasm ...
The visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their world tour on 24th Novemebr 1953.
The visit of Winston Churchill to Jamaica in January 1953.
The film opens with the arrival of Winston Churchill at ...
The desposed PM of British Guiana protests against susp[ension of the colony's constitution.
Tobago, in the Br. West Indies and native occupations and pastimes.
Adventures of Trinidad night-club dancer and brother of her murdered husband in tracking down group of enemy spies responsible for ...
Antigua, the northernmost island of the Leeward islands in the Caribbean. Description of the old English harbour and the scenery. ...
INTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.
A TRAVELOGUE ABOUT JAMAICA WITH EMPHASIS ON KINGSTON.
Describes a bauxite mine in British Guiana of the Demerara Bauxite Co.
Aerial view of Mackenzie, British Guiana. Visit of the ...
Mining bauxite in British Guiana, the Saguenay Hydro-electic scheme and the aluminium smelting plant in Northern Quebec.
The mining of bauxite ...
The work and living conditions of the scientists who man the seven bases set up in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. ...
Repairing a break in the Atlantic cable system.
Scenes in British Guiana. Local village life; sugar cane plantation work; cattle ranching; forest bird life; Amazonian Indian village; river ...
A film depicting the Caribbean islands - West Indies, British Guiana and British Honduras - and highlighting the traditional customs ...
DOCUMENTARY. The people, resources and industries of British Guiana.
RL.1 Credits (78). A chart showing the location of Guyana, the 'El ...
The care and management of dairy herds in Jamaica in order to maximise milk yields.
Over agricultural shots, a Jamaican voiceover ...
An industrial process film for Tate and Lyle, showing the growth and processing of sugar cane, from the fields of ...
Amateur footage featuring Noel Coward in Jamaica.
The Jones Collection is made up of films taken by the renowned epidemiologist and expert on tropical disease, Cenydd Richard ...
"This is a brief survey of progress made by the British Government in helping forty separate colonial territories to raise ...
DOCUMENTARY. The life of British scientists stationed in Graham Islands in the Falkland Islands Dependencies.
AN EXPEDITION TO THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL MADE IN 1947 TO OBSERVE THE LIFE AND CUSTOMS OF THE XAVANTES INDIANS
Account of the delights of fishing for tuna and other large fish.
HOME MOVIES. Scenes of the sugar cane industry in British Guiana (Guyana).
Sugar cane loaded from boat onto a river bank. ...
The development of the Falkland Islands dependencies under British administration; the lives of the men stationed there.
Home movie taken by England opening bat, Jack Robertson on the MCC tour of the West Indies in 1948. Shows ...
HOME MOVIES. A trip to New York by the Eisner family, and scenes in British Guiana (Guyana).
View of Southampton docks ...
DOCUMENTARY/PROPAGANDA. Rushes for an unreleased and unfinished production documenting various talented members of the black community in Britain.
207306A Scene 5 ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. The island of Bermuda as a holiday resort. Includes the ceremonial handing over of office from one Governor ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include:
YOUNGEST RACE-HORSE OWNER ICEBOUND BRITAIN SHIVERS PARADE IN ADDIS ABABA OUR ROVING ...
Amateur film. Corvette catcher; man hauled up from whale catcher; tanker; helicopter; football ground; Leith Harbour; tanks.
Economic problems of Jamaica today and the struggle for survival.
Report on the Royal visit.
Amateur footage of a journey made from Britain to Jamaica.
Threshing and haystack making. Docks. Salisbury Cathedral. The voyage, Newcastle to ...
Amateur footage of a visit to Jamaica by Society of Friends.
Colonial troops in England for the Victory Parade on 8 June 1946.
Colonial troops arrive in Britain for the Victory Parade. ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER DIVE BOMBED ALLIED COMMANDERS MEET IN BERLIN BRITAIN'S ...
Amateur film. Leith Harbour; large ships in docks; whale catchers; cattle meal warehouse; beach; penquins; barge with guana sacks; motor ...
A travelogue about the island of Dominica in the West Indies, its natural beauty, botanical gardens, markets and a coastal ...
A profile of the West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine, showing him at work as a welfare officer in Liverpool and ...
Investigation of a series of murders of people who have paid into a fund to go to the one who ...
INTEREST. How cacao beans are cultivated in Trinidad.
Credits (26). Shot of the coastline of Trinidad, which lies off the north ...
West Indians serving in Britain during World War II talk about their work in the armed forces and in civilian ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...