Dramatised episode showing an old couple preparing for the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Film shows the couple withdrawing savings, obtaining passports and setting out.

Film made for Harrisons and Crosfield, publicising the company's contribution to Malayan national prosperity.

Malayan wealth is based on rubber, and the film begins by showing the initial collection of the latex, ...

Film showing Sarawak, the youngest colony of the British Commonwealth.

The film indicates that a hundred years ago Sarawak was a land of poor peasants and fishermen and that its first white Rajah (Sir James ...

Film showing the past and present life of Malacca.

The film tells how Malacca has been conquered several times - by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. Malacca as it is now is compared with the past. ...

Malayan Government propaganda.

The film covers the first Malayan general elections, emphasising popular support for Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Alliance Party. Cabinet members are seen beginning work. "The new era ...

Film showing the community of Brunei, indicating how life here is changing fast.

The film shows: the history of Brunei's existence; its alliance with the Sultan of Borneo; the docks, which are kept busy with the ...

Reel One. New students arrive. Ceremony of enrolment and Vice-Chancellor's introductory speech. Undergraduates grow accustomed to the new routines; "The learning part has begun". Medicine requires a clearly defined course of laboratory work, classes ...

The rubber industry in Malaya.

The rubber plantation with tappers doing their job. From June 1948 onwards, when Malaya's emergency began, new areas were still cleaned for planting; footage of the seedlings being ...

Various aspects of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaya.

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Remarks: cataloguing incomplete.

Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, on duty in Malaya: girls operating switchboard, office workers, girls playing tennis, relaxing in sitting room and attending a lecture on Malayan geography.

The tourist sights of Rhodesia.

The film shows assorted places of interest (historical ruins, Victoria Falls etc) and a few glimpses of wildlife around an apparently unpopulated Rhodesian countryside. ...

MGH 5130: Scenes in Malaya ca 1950 include Gurkhas swimming with officers off Penang Island, armoured train sequence and rail jeep used during Emergency for transport up country.

MGH 5131- 5132: Scenes in Malaya ca 1950 include Cameron ...

Voyage from Freetown to England on the M.V. Accra, showing various activities of the sailors and the passengers on board and different stops at unknown ports along the way.

Production / Donor Details: Mrs. Harley lived in the ...

Various shots of the Teacher Training College at Kagumo, fortified against Mau Mau attack. Nyeri township, and manually operated ferries on the journey from Mombasa to Mr Rees' new posting to Kilifi District in the Coast Province. ...

(1) Christmas Pantomime 1951

(2) Livingstone Airport 1953

(3) Beirut Lebanon 1953

(4) Visit to Nigeria 1955

Production / Donor Details: The films in the Morrison Collection were shot by William Graham Morrison ...

Scenes in Mongu, Barotseland, and Lusaka.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Bryan was an Education Officer in Northern Rhodesia from 1953 - 1961.

British domestic scenes in Borneo. Harbour scenes in Borneo or Malay.

Sea voyage on the "Canton of London" to England via Singapore. Bombay. Aden. Cairo. Pyramids. Gibraltor. Falmouth. Dover Harbour. Tilbury Docks, showing ...

Capetown motor racing circuit.1951; First Foot Safari in Mbeya 1951 IN COLOUR; Crossing the Line Ceremony 1955; Ngoma, Nyasaland; African dancing,,Utete, Tanganyika. Kruger National Park;

Production ...

Scenes in Sierra Leone

Production / Donor Details: Films taken by John Birch. In the 1950s the John and Daphne Birch were mainly in Sierra Leone, where he was head of Unilever, and also held a position on the Legislative Council; ...

Jean and Ronald Haines picture wild animals in their natural surroundings in the bushland of Uganda.

Documents the co-operative work of the Christian Church in the Federation of Malaya.

Film about the Dunlop Rubber Co's worldwide activities, particularly in its 13 rubber estates in Malacca. The film looks at the amenities on the estate and the anti-bandit security measures.

Introduced as a story of 'British achievement in the ...

TRAVELOGUE. The Malay Archipelago and Borneo.

Romantic drama set in Hong Kong. Story of the ill-fated love of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor.

Travel short about a Merchant Navy engineer who calls at Hong Kong, Bangkok and other Eastern cities prior to accepting a berth in the Orient.

AMATEUR FILM

Reel 1: Aerial view of Malaysia from plane; Kuala Lumpar; Kuala Lumpar airport; taking off in a Beever Aircraft and interiors during flight; aerial view; KUANTAN AIRPORT: landing and airport buildings; aerial views of coast; DUNGAN ...

Cinemagazine chronicling the change and progress taking place in the Gold Coast. Contains the following items: Co-Operative Day in Accra Mr. Adlai Stevenson's Visit The Premium Bonds Campaign Nigeria v. Gold Coast Football Match

Travelogue, showing the buildings, people and wildlife of Nairobi.

Over shots of modern Nairobi, the commentator outlines the transformation of the city under British rule over the previous fifty years. The film highlights the 'modern colonial ...

Oil rig fire extinguished by Myron Kinley.

Shows cadets of many nations training at the Federation of Malaya's Military Academy.

Organisation and methods of the police service in Singapore, exemplified in the story of four men who steal a diamond ring from a village and are finally captured by scientific methods, smart detection and public information. Includes footage of ...

Publicity film for Fiji aimed at tourists in Australia, England and the USA.

Fiji from the areoplane. Brief history using re-enactments. Scenes of life (schools, radio station, shops, corn fields, coconut harvest). Extension of runways at Nandi. ...

Tour around Cyprus, local customs and living conditions, and aspects of modern l ife.

During General Sir Gerald Templer's farewell tour of RAF Station, Kuala Lumpur, he visits 848 Squadron and says a few words to the assembled officers.

General Templer and ...

The visit of the Military Governor Algeciras to Admiral Sir Michael Denny, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.

Spanish minesweeper Guadalorce enters Gibraltar Naval Harbour accompanied by two ...

Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Mediterranean) holds his first Area Commanders' meeting at HAFMED, Malta.

Various Area Commanders and other Chiefs of Staff arrive, ...

HMS Tyne at Gibraltar. Beating the Retreat.

Long and close-up shots of complete band. CUs of individual bandsmen. Royal Marines bandsmen are in helmets, the "Dukes" in caps.

Notes ...

Aerial views of jungle terrain filmed from one of the helicopters of 848 Squadron.

Aerial views of jungle-covered hills. The tops of the ridges are obscured by a dense cloud layer which the ...

Ships of the Mediterranean Fleet in Malta after Combined Fleet Exercises.

Shots taken from Marino Pinto onto Grand Harbour show Maltese dghaisa (dghajsa) bringing libertymen ashore; HMS Tyne ...

Scenes in and around Malta during Combined Fleet Exercises, Mediterranean 1955.

Combined Fleet formed up prior to entering Grand Harbour. Harbour entrance and Valletta. Firing the Royal ...

On 23rd January 1955, HMS Superb on passage from Kingston, Jamaica to Callao in Peru passed through the Panama Canal.

Superb approaches Gatun Lock from Cristobal and passes through the locks ...

HMS Tyne at Malta during Combined Fleet Exercises.

Flag Officers arrive on board HMS Tyne at Grand Harbour, Malta. FO's meeting in C-in-C's Dining cabin.

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Rehearsal of Fleet concert party. "Blue Jackets" band of HMS St Angelo marches down Kingsway, Valletta; crowd lines street. Street Lining party provided by Malta shore establishments takes up positions in Kingsway. Band and ...

Visit of Sir Anthony Eden and CIGS (Field Marshal Harding) to 848 Squadron RN, Malaya.

(Reel 1) Display of trooping lifting and parachute techniques evolved by the Royal Navy and the SAS. Sir ...

Investiture at HAFMED, Malta.

Vice-Admiral James A Fife, USN (Deputy C-in-C Allied Forces Med) presents decorations on behalf of US government to four British officers (for service in Korea), ...

Queen's Birthday Parade, Mauritius, taken from HMS Gambia. No details.

Notes

Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI records.

(Taken in HMAS Quadrant.) Destroyers in line astern and ahead; fleet forming up; fleet dressed overall at entrance to Singapore Roads.

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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - ...

The informal visit of Vice-Admiral R A Ofstie USN to Malta, July 1955.

Fort St Elmo fires salute as USS Salem (US Sixth Fleet) passes breakwater. HMS Sheffield fires salute in Grand Harbour. ...