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    The people, resources, towns and way of life.

     
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    South Africa

    A young African leaves his village in Swaziland and seeks fame and fortune in Johannesburg.

     
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    Great Britain

    Scenes around a farm bought in Kenya.

    KENYA GLIMPSES. Kenyan farm. Cattle, ox wagon, landscape, watering cattle, farmhouse, washing coffee berries. Sorting coffee. Lucerne (plant used as animal fodder) for cattle. Nairobi. Airport ...

     
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    MALAYA 1949

    USA

    Attempts to smuggle rubber out of Japanese occupied Java.

     
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    TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain

    In a period of warfare between Malayan bandits and British security forces, the Army and RAF work closely together, and planes fly in a constant supply of food and ammunition, particularly into closely wooded areas where ...

     
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    Nigeria

    4 stories. NIGERIAN SECOND FESTIVAL OF ARTS. OLYMPIC SPORTSMEN VISIT LAGOS, WEST AFRICA'S FIRST ARCHBISHOP, L.N. BINING. KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE.

     
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    Great Britain

    Coverage of the 18 strong Nigerian football team, the first ever to leave West Africa, who played nine matches in five weeks against top English amateur sides.

    The African players, having arrived on 29 August 1949 in Liverpool, ...

     
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    PORTON DOWN TRIALS NON-NITRATE COLLECTION - UNLISTEDGB

    (Poor tramlined print, original must be colour) Detailed report on Operation Harness, from preliminary trial off Portland in September 1948 to test sampling equipment, to arrival in Antigua (30/11/ ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Describes the 5 races of people in Malaya and their work in the factories and fields.

     
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    Great Britain

    Illustrates primitive methods of iron smelting by means of account of methods used today by the Bantu peoples.

     
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    POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB

    Princess Elizabeth visits Malta.

    Inspection in HMS Glory on HM The King's Birthday, December 1949. Taken by HMS Glory.

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    Summary: cataloguing incomplete since film has not ...

     
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    Review of the main events of the year, including signing of Atlantic Pact; end of Berlin blockade; advance of Communism with Chinese troops in Shanghai (British troops sent to Hong Kong to counter) and Soviet troops in Red Square; Marshal Tito; Council ...

     
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    RUBBER 1949

    Great Britain

    A rubber plantation in Malaya, showing the production of rubber, and the welfare and living conditions of the workers.

     
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    Brazil

    AN EXPEDITION TO THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL MADE IN 1947 TO OBSERVE THE LIFE AND CUSTOMS OF THE XAVANTES INDIANS

     
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    THIS MODERN AGE

    Development of the oil industry in the Middle East and the improvements it has brought.

     
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    Great Britain

    Cultivation of tobacco, season by season on a Southern Rhodesian estate,from the preparation of the ground to the curing and grading of the leaves.

     
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    WORLD ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYGreat Britain

    General account of the production of tobacco, with special reference to Southern Rhodesia; includes a study of an actual tobacco estate; with its seasonal activities and life in the native kraal.

     
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    Great Britain

    Lime production on the Gold Coast and the manufacture of lime juice.

    The film opens with shots of locals collecting fruit from the trees in their baskets and then carrying the baskets on their heads. The commentator explains that ...

     
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    EXPLORATION FOR OIL IN PAPUA.

     
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    Great Britain

    A JOURNEY ALONG THE UPPER ƒZAMBEZI> BY CANOE

     
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    Great Britain

    Coffee cultivation around the village of Marangu on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro.

     
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    Allied Military Government

    I. BERLIN. a. Arrival of millionth ton of the airlift, by RAF York to Gatow, also bringing Air Marshal Williams (special flag etc). b. Eastern Police put up barricades on sector borders. c. Berlin Conference of Western cities' ...

     
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    Allied Military Government

    I. BERLIN: airlift flies in fuel oils. Film of a British Zone airfield with adapted Lancastrians (and a Tudor 2) being loaded; Lancastrian takes off, lands at Gatow, fuel unloaded and distributed by pipeline, barge and tanker ...

     
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    Allied Military Government

    I. BERLIN. a. Visit of Archbishop of York: met by General Bourne, visits army and airlift offices. b. USAF flies in Mercedes-Benz ambulances. c. Following non-recognition by East and West sectors of each other's currency, ...