Made to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Methodist work in the West Indies and Central America. Shows a midnight service to celebrate the abolition of slavery; the biography of a Methodist Minister; mission activities in Panama and ...
Good footage of work to help eliminate the tsetse fly problem in Kenya. Var aerial shots of area, ground shots of bush clearance, rivers and wetlands.
Good shots of wildlife.
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Rhodesia: Vumba. Mountain Lodge Hotel - family scenes.
Scenery at Kalambo Falls. Installation of a Chief in his own village. Supervised Local Council Elections in a village. Manoeuvres and military drill by King's African Rifles out in the Savannah.
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Historic and folk sequences from Northern Nigeria.
Production / Donor Details: Donor worked as a Forestry Officer in Nigeria.
I. A 3-in-1 whaler is lowered from HMS Victorious; slings are unhooked and removed. Whaler under oars in medium sea. LA MS track down starboard side of Victorious (R.38) in harbour - near stern, whaler is hooked on ready for hoisting. Scimitar and ...
Various scenes in the Bahamas, possibly including surveying? Swimming leisure; Car racing. Carnival.
Scenes in the Bahamas. Surveying. Visit of Duke of Edinburgh. Leisure, swimming, snorkeling.
Set in the North West Frontier province of British India around the turn of the century against a background of tension between the Moslems and Hindus. A rebel Moslem faction is seeking to kill the six year old son of the ruling Hindu ...
A family arrives home from holiday and recount their holiday to grandparents - all about Luangwa game park.
Addition of a new operating theatre to the Nixon Memorial Hospital in Sierra Leone.
European team tackle eradication of the fly which causes Onchoceriasis ('River Blindness'). Habitat of the fly and larvae. Exploration of the Victoria Nile for infestation sites. Construction of cross-river pipeline to carry ...
Progress report on the Kariba Dam scheme.
Sir Robert Menzies reviews his diplomatic tour of 1959.
Art in Nyasaland.
Fragrant Sideline - Mr. Balisra makes citronella oil.
Cookie Has a Look - beauty spot Mpatomange Gorge.
Surprises in International Athletics - Gordon Pirie beaten by black ...
The Final Copper Process - copper refinery at Ndola.
Survey into Sight - St. John mobile eyesight survey in bush.
Lifting Trees Roots and All - the Carey Stumper new invention.
Do it ...
New Club for Newsmen - Sir and Lady Welensky open Press Club.
Snakes alive - Salisbury's snake park.
To Back Up Tobacco Farmers - Roy Welensky opens tobacco research station at Broken Hill ...
New Fangs for the Air Force - Canberrra bombers.
Take the Whole Family - drive in cinema at Mabelreign.
This is How it is Done - copper ore digger.
Wonder Hole at Sinoia Caves.
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N. Rhodesian Elections - at polls in Lusaka.
Swearing in of Mr. Savavhu - first African minister.
Legislative Council opens in Lusaka - by Sir Arthur Benson.
Lord Dalhousie Opens Fedeeral ...
Token of Gratitude - presentation of ambulance to Bulawayo hospital.
Straight from the Dog's Mouth - dog show.
Roughing it in Comfort - tent/caravan trailer.
Latest in Bush Clearing - balls ...
Another Big Dam Project Starts - Kyle Dam.
Gubernatorial Change-Over - Sir Arthur Benson leaves, Sir Evelyn and Lady Hone are sworn in.
Boon to Federation Farmers - new fertiliser plant.
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The Jamboree - Lord Roallen attends international janboree in Salisbury.
Nyasaland Back to Normal - after emergency March 1959.
Round the Federation - Barobe chief knighted, manufacture's fair ...
Dealing with illicit diamond smuggling on the Sierra Leone. Commentary by Franklin Engelman.
I. Palace Barracks, Holywood, Northern Ireland. Taking the salute, 1956
II. 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in New Territories, Hong Kong, 1959.
III. Palace Barracks, Holywood, Northern Ireland. St George's Day, 1957 ...
Tour of Nyasaland, Europe, U.K. and arrival back in Cape Town.
'Holiday Highlights. Nyasaland - Rome - Switzerland - Austria - France - Entebbe - Germany - UK: Buckingham Palace Guard. Duke of Yorks School, Dover; ...
The story of J.L. Wilson, Bishop of Singapore arrested by the Japanese Security Police for spying in 1943. His enduring faith throughout his emprisonment led some of his captors to conversion to the Christian religion.
India 1820. An officer of the British East India Company, against all opposition, tracks down a gang of religious thieves and murderers.
The following statement regarding the story prior to the opening credits: 'For hundreds of years ...
Incomplete report on Aden, beginning with a series of short interviews with men of the Northamptonshire Regiment, then engaged in patrolling the border between Aden and Yemen. The film goes on to show interviews with the Aden finance minister, Sheikh ...
The various stages in the production of Rhodesian tobacco, cultivation, harvesting, grading, selling and shipping. The work of the research station.
Material from films nos. 1-4 and 9-13 is included in films nos. 5-7.
Material from films nos 1-4 and 9-13 is included in films nos. 5-7.
Material from films nos. 1-4 and 9-13 is included in films nos. 5-7.
Material from films nos 1-4 and 9-13 is included in films nos. 5-7.
A traditional Polynesian ceremonial exchange. A party of villagers from the island of Upolu visit the island of Savii to ceremonially exchange food, gifts and speeches. A watch-tower for catching shoals of fish. Harbour scenes at Pago Pago ...
Young fishermen, some wearing diving goggles, set up poles in the sea and drape chicken wire round them to act as fish fences. Ceremonial scenes with the exchange of food, speeches and goods at the election of a middle aged Samoan to a ...
The making of taufolo from bread-fruit. Women make thatch panels from sugar cane leaf. Making of cord from strands from a coconut husk. Old men plait the cord. Cooking of cuttlefish (or small octopus) in its own ink. Thatched panels are ...
Uses material from Traditional Samoa Films Nos. 1-4 and 9-13.
Intended as the first of a BBC series called "Travellers' Tales" prepared by the staff of David Attenborough but not transmitted. Designed to have a commentary which the NFA does not ...
Story illustrating the dangers of using the same source of water for bathing, washing and as a toilet. Story centres on a family who use a local pool and subsequently suffer from bilharzia. They are treated and the father sinks a well.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Henry and Princess Alice, on a tour of Eastern Nigeria, the Southern Cameroons and Lagos as the Federation of Nigeria approaches full independence and entry into the Commonwealth, starting 12 May 1959. ...
A travelogue of the island of Bermuda in a car.
Dramatised Army film in which a young Army nurse arrives in Singapore for her first posting at the British Military Hospital. She is shown her accommodation, meets the matron and ward sister and sees something of Singapore with other newly arrived ...
3 x Edited films. 'Local leave': record of holiday journey through East Africa. Map shows journey: from Uganda through Kenya, and back to Uganda via Tanganyika. Train Journey - Kampala - Nairobi - Mombasa. Fort Jesus. Zanzibar: ...
Home life: many shots of flowers in bloom. Home helps, gardener, dogs, tortoise, more flowers.
Production / Donor Details: Ellis and Greta Williams worked for the Government in Uganda from 1949 to independence; Mr. Williams ...
Intertitles. Various scenes in Jinja. Hydroelectric dam. Kampala. Parade of troops on sports ground, in honour of Queen's birthday. City scenes, busy traffic. Western extension rail route inaugural train and passenger train. Kaazi ...
Documentary featuring the Kariba Dam, Victoria Falls and Wankie game reserve.
Zanzibar: city scenes, clove growing, coconut growing, etc.
Coast. City streets, passers-by, merchants. Metalworkers, basket-makers, food sellers, drinking tea and coffee. (?)Government buildings. Doorways with ornate Islamic ...
A general recruiting film for the services which "will all be regulars by the end of 1962".
Opening scenes from Cyprus, Jordan, Aden and Malaya suggest the Forces' work ("wherever armed force threatens the peace of ...
