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    Great Britain

    DOCUMENTARY. The first journey of the commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition to set up a base camp on the Weddell Sea.

    RL.1 NOV. 1955: Ship "Theron" leaves London. Leader of party Vivian Fuchs, Edmund Hillary and members of ...

     
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    GB

    I. "1805-1955 Salute to Nelson." The 150th Anniversary of Trafalgar.

    II. "Personalities in the news." Lord and Lady M in Washington.

    III. Lord M on tour in Canada.

    IV. The Royal Pakistan Navy's Commander in Chief welcomed to Britain ...

     
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    GB

    I. "Personalities in world news." Lady M leaving on a Far East tour.

    II. "India Greets Earl Mountbatten' Lord and Lady M visiting India.

    III. Lord M officiating at an Indian Polo Association match.

    IV. Lord and Lady M stop in Sydney ...

     
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    GB

    Soldiers from the Gurkha Regiment and the King's Own Scottish Borderers arrive for a Far East defence conference.

     
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    GIBRALTAR 1956

    THIS WEEK [ITV/Rediffusion, 1956-68]Great Britain
     
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    POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SUEZGB

    HMS Bulwark sails from Grand Harbour at 0900 on Monday 10 December, 1956, to the accompaniment of bands and cheering parties from the other ships. The camera is on HMS Eagle

    LS off the ...

     
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    Harley Collection

    Kumasi. Buying vegetables on allotments. Forestry work at camp Tinto, Bepu. Opening of the Assizes at Accra. Kumasi market. A murder Trial at Accra Court House. European adults & children at play. A Timber Mill. The Community Center & ...

     
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    Harley Collection

    Various scenes of a match at the open meeting of the Kumasi Golf club.

    Production / Donor Details: Mrs. Harley lived in the Gold Coast during the 1940s-50s, where here uncle was a High Court Judge.

     
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    Holmes Collection

    Film of Sisal production in Tanganyika filmed over a period of 18 months during 1955-56(?)

    Production / Donor Details: The donor Mrs Holmes was born in Arusha, Tanganyika in 1925, and was a Colonial Nursing Sister in Tanga, ...

     
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    Holmes Collection

    Film of Sisal production in Tanganyika filmed over a period of 18 months during 1955-56(?)

    Production / Donor Details: The donor Mrs Holmes was born in Arusha, Tanganyika in 1925, and was a Colonial Nursing Sister in Tanga, ...

     
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    Nigeria

    General picture of the country showing its economic, political and social progress.

     
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    Tells the story of the erection in the sea of the movable drilling platform at Qatar in the Persian Gulf.

     
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    Oilman's schoolboy son, on holiday at Qatar, gets the Christmas present he wants most. 28,000-ton tanker halts in the Persian Gulf to help an Arab dhow. Oil products from the Island of Grain go to a destination in the Norwegian mountains.

     
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    Story of an expedition to drill an exploratory oil well in the jungle of Salawati (New Guinea), to which helicopters are used to fly in the derrick and drilling equipment.

     
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    Jacobs Collection

    Uganda 1956, Malindi, Rome.

    Collection in general contains Queen's birthday celebrations, Independence celebrations, family on safari in Northern province, as well as daily life on an upcountry station.

     
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    Great Britain

    Amateur. A journey from Khartoum, Sudan to Lake Chad.

    Traders in market square selling onions etc Ancient ruins in desert - Egyptian (?) carvings on stonework. Local Sudanese working in corn field. Men with camels and donkeys ...

     
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    Kenya

    Documentary on wild animals in Kenya's game reserves. The film's underlying pur pose is to gain support for the idea of nature conservation.

     
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    LABOUR PARTY POLITICAL BROADCASTGreat Britain

    Political broadcast. An extract from a routine post National Executive meeting press conference. Morgan Phillips, James Griffiths and Hugh Gaitskell answer questions from the press.

    Topics covered ...

     
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    Leeds Collection

    Various shots of the beach, house & garden, the family with friends, the air port, water falls, the city, river life, local farming and crop spraying.

    Production / Donor Details: Mr. Leeds was an Agricultural Officer in Ghana ...

     
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    Leeds Collection

    Various shots of a local Agricultural Show featuring boats & tractors. Shots of new suspension bridge, water falls & picnic, and local bird life & flowers. Some banana and cocoa groves and agricultural trials.

    Production / Donor ...

     
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    Leeds Collection

    Arrival at port by road. Views of the docks and dockers, canoeists diving for money and shipping. Various shots of life on board ship from the passengers' perspective and a trip ashore.

    Production / Donor Details: ...

     
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    Leeds Collection

    Clearing land for cultivation. Lyons and Cadbury / Fry signs on warehouses.

    Preparation and cultivation of cocoa nut trees and a local agricultural show.

    Production / Donor Details: Mr. Leeds was an Agricultural Officer in ...

     
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    Leeds Collection

    An Agricultural Show at Winneba. Family footage of a visit to waterfalls.

    Open day at a trials farm for different varieties of palm.

    Production / Donor Details: Mr. Leeds was an Agricultural Officer in Ghana ...