Footage of game and game reserves.
Footage of game and game reserves.
QUEEN ELIZABETHS VISIT TO PAPUA> AND NEW GUINEA>, 1970
A look at the institution of marriage in five different areas of the world: India, New Guinea, Botswana; Esher, Surrey and Colne, Lancashire. The programme looks at the different values, relationships and patterns of behaviour displayed ...
Documentary about development in Qatar, funded by wealth from oil, including increased standard of living, irrigation, new housing, hospitals and schools.
Doha, the capital of Quatar, has been transformed into a modern city. Geographical ...
The problems of old age and social attitudes towards old people in Colne, Lancashire; Esher, Surrey; Buk, New Guinea; Heri, India; and Khegudi, Botswana. It aims to identify the ideas of old age that are common to all cultures: the ...
Travelogue of Fiji showing, traditional dances, sugar cane plantations, traditional fishing methods, walking on fire, mosques, the army, city life, hospitals, harbours and the airport and Broadcasting House.
Film illustrating the differences and similarities of adult-children relationships across five different communities: Esher in Surrey, Colne in Lancashire, New Guinea, Botswana and the people of the Himalayan Foothills. The film examines ...
A comparison of weddings in five different places: Esher, Surrey; Colne, Lancashire; Andheri, India; Khegudi, Botswana; and Buk, New Guinea. The film explores the similarities and the differences wedding ceremonies have in different ...
A film about the Mzilikazi Arts and Crafts Centre, Bulawayo.
Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a number of films purchased from the collection of ...
Film showing wild flowers, trees and shrubs in the Rhodesian bush and in and around Salisbury(?).
Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a number of ...
Memorial service at Westminster Abbey for the late Sir Michael Le Fanu, Admiral of the Fleet, with the Duke of Edinburgh, Lady Le Fanu and many other dignitaries attending. Includes a remembrance speech given by Admiral Sir Peter Hill Norton, who ...
A television recording of the State Opening of Parliament in 1970.
The recording shows the Queen's arrival, the summoning of the House of Commons and the Queen's speech mentioning, among other things, the EEC, ...
The situation in Rhodesia, dramatised through the story of an African accused of stealing a white man's car.
DOCUMENTARY. Tourist attractions of the Bahamas and the new properties under construction.
[Compilation tape.] 00.00 Calypso song on war in Anguilla. 03.35 Russian news report (in Russian). 10.28 Censorship Interview - Michael Barratt talks to Dr George Steiner (critic) and Charles Manowitz (producer) about ...
DOCUMENTARY. Scenes following the quelling, by British troops, of the attempted rebellion in Anguilla; a demonstration; British troops on the island; a party given by the Royal Navy; a speech by Ronald Webster.
Shows the many tourist attractions of Hong Kong
A REPORT ON THE REFERENDUM OF JUNE 20TH ON THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS IN RHODESIA>
Nature story about a young colonial girl lost in the African wilderness with her pet bushbaby.
An interview with Rekayi Tangwena, leader of the Tangwena Tribe, whi have been ordered out of the Eastern District by the Rhodesian Government.
(Reel One) The morning of the invasion (the troops had landed before 5.30 am), angry Anguillans surround the office of the British Commissioner, Anthony Lee. London policemen from the Special Patrol Group try to ...
Scenes in Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and the UK, 1957-69
Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by Terence Leslie William Windle, private Secretary to Sir John Rankine in Nigeria from 1951 to 1958 and a District Officer in ...
Bahamas Beaches. Coastal scenery. Aquarium with performing seals and dolphins. Golf course with players. Flock of flamingos walking in park.
Beach Club. Sand dredger extracting sand near shore. Tourist enjoying beach holiday ...
Film of Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary, being interviewed on the Rhodesian situation shortly after the resignation of Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs' resignation.
The film indicates, among other things, why things ...
Various scenes of a young European woman arriving at the airstrip, being greeted And being shown the Islands by her family. It includes beach scenes and a wedding of a local couple.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a ...
A visual diary of a tour around some of the islands of the Gilbert Island group, including flights, ferries and local scenes in villages and on beaches.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian missionary.
Picnic with students on a beach and pig roasting activities. The film is shot as a narritive with the beach becoming dark, women beside a building looking out towards the beach and the preperations for the picnic i.e. palm trees being ...
Amateur travelogue. Mr. and Mrs. Brown continue their world tour and reach their next destination, the Philippines. They visit Manila and notice the huge gap between rich and poor; they see mansions that are being protected by armed guards, as well as ...
A report on the dispute between Spain and Britain over the future of Gibraltar.
Deals with a group of misfit soldiers of a British garrison near Singapore during the guerilla uprisings of the early 1950s. Based on the novel by Leslie Thomas.
Documentary about the Westland Wessex V helicopter, seen in action in Borneo; also features Gurkhas in action.
(Reels 1-3) HMS Albion (R.07) in the Far East (off Malaya during the Indonesian confrontation ?). Includes Westland Wessex helicopter parked up - Royal Marines in full kit come up to deck on the lift. Other ships include HMS ...
Film showing the rle of nurses in the Royal Navy; includes sequences in Gibraltar and Malta; also features are the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (McDonnell Douglas Phantom fighters) and HMS Euryalus.
Army Documentary film recording some of the projects undertaken by the Royal Engineers in the Arabian Peninsula during the mid 1960s. These include the road constructed from Dhala to Aden, including a description of the difficulties encountered, ...
The years 1955-1966.
In April 1955 Mountbatten becomes First Sea Lord, and starts trimming the Navy down to a suitable peace-time force. In this episode, Mountbatten expresses ...
The years 1943-1945.
Mountbatten takes up command in SE Asia in August 1943 (the film gives a brief resume of the events in the far east up to that point) and sets about raising ...
The years 1945-1946.
With the end of the Far East war and the resulting chaos, Mountbatten's priority is the liberation of POWs, in which he is greatly helped by Lady Mountbatten ...
Belize facing a take-over bid by neighbouring Guatemala.
India, in 1895.
The landscape, life and culture of Hong Kong together with its industrial potent ial and development
AFRICAN BOYS MAKING WHEELED WIRE TOYS
The 1st Battalion of Rhodesian Light Infantry, 3 recruits are followed through basic training.
The people of Grenada - their everyday work and life, their occupations, what they grow and their native customs. Intended for children aged 10-11 years.
Life on Tristan de Cunha since the eruption of the 'extinct' volcano.
THE EFFECTS OF SANCTIONS ON THE RHODESIA> TOBACCO> INDUSTRY
DOCUMENTARY. The Rhodesia Conference at Gibraltar.
HMS Fearless and HMS Kent. Harold Wilson and Ian Smith meet on HMS Fearless. They give a press conference. IS inspects troops. HW greets IS and party onto boat; interiors of the ...