Sea Hawks of 898 and 806 Naval Air Squadrons are armed, fuelled, and launched from HMS Eagle cruising off Famagusta.

HA from Eagle's Flyco onto the deck where munitions are being moved ...

Amateur film shot by Major William Rhodes James while serving with the 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles in Malaya during the early period of the Malayan Emergency, from August 1948, aiding the civil power and supporting the ...

A true story, showing the problems and difficulties of the Principal of a Theological College as he attempts to bring his African students the real meaning of initiative, leadership and responsibility. Commentator: Gordon Davies.

COMPILATION. Collection of `newsfilm' stories located on Orkney.

[No title] Crowds in street with pipers; man addresses crowd; scenes in Kirkwall (post World War One); convoy of cars parked in street; small boys before camera; band ...

Film about the London Missionary Society mission ship, John Williams VI, at her base in Suva, Fiji, and on voyages to Christian missions in the surrounding islands.

A shiftless man is befriended by a trader, but betrays him out of desire for a chieftan's daughter by showing a secret channel to a rival Arab. His treachery leads him to be abandoned by everyone.

Describes a bauxite mine in British Guiana of the Demerara Bauxite Co.

Aerial view of Mackenzie, British Guiana. Visit of the Governor to the mine. Exterior and interior of a guest house, club, swimming pool, tennis courts. A ...

Mining bauxite in British Guiana, the Saguenay Hydro-electic scheme and the aluminium smelting plant in Northern Quebec.

The mining of bauxite in British Guiana, the bauxite being transported to the Demerara river and ...

Problems faced in bringing law and order, health services and schools, etc., to the isolated communities on the mainland of New Guinea and the Islands of the Bismarck Archipeligo.

Outlines the history of the London Missionary Society Papua mission, with reference to the missionary James Chalmers, and the work of the modern mission in the context of Papuan society and culture. Mission stations on the south coast of Papua are ...

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

Documentary on the dependencies of Mauritius, the islands of Rodriguez and Diego Garcia and the social and economic life of the islands.

The World Health Organisation at work in Bolivia, Nigeria and Burma.

Two short publicity films for Phillips bicycles for the West African market.

Various black men on bicycles pointing to leaves(?) sacks(?), then cycling along the road; close-up of Phillips logo on the bikes (0-53). Exterior of the ...

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

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

Travelogue of Rhodesia.

"Smithers" is sent to Gwelo to investigate business oportunities - then follows an advertising film for Gwelo, tracing its history and facilities.

Story of terrifying adventures of rubber planter and his wife in Malaya whose estate is attacked by bandits.

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Two seamen, just off a ship, are involved in transmitting a package with the proceeds of a robbery. The smuggler manages to clear the innocent one of blame and surrenders to the police.

The Owen Falls Dam, how it was planned and built and how it will supply Uganda w ith electricity. Shows the opening of the Dam by the Queen in 1954.

Political broadcast. Part of a regular press conference given for London correspondents of foreign papers. The questions are answered by Herbert Bowden, James Griffiths and Hugh Gaitskell.

Topics covered include, ...

Short account of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Gambia as part of his four-month world tour, 1956-1957.

Gambia, "one of Britain's oldest connections in Africa, and certainly one of the happiest", prepares to ...

Prince Philip's visit to Gambia; a crocodile shoot in the jungle; presiding at a gathering of Gambia chiefs.

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, ...

Semi-fictionalised film showing the rle of the local council in Kojokrom, a town in the Western Region of the Gold Coast (Ghana).

The film opens with a schoolteacher announcing the council election results. Mr Addo, ...

Film showing the importance of Yong Peng, with particular emphasis on the contrast between past, present and future.

The film begins by explaining how this thriving village was once a trouble spot plagued by ...

Footage of travels round northern Uganda and southern Sudan, including various shots of a market, ferry journeys, local parades and dancers.

Murchison Falls National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park; elephants; different shots of the Falls including a rainbow over the water; hippos, crocodiles, and a trip down river. Some family shots of picnic etc. ...

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 ...

Qatar's new found prosperity due to the oil industry.

A film made to recruit Iraquis for the oil industry.

Scenes from the Queen's Birthday, Floriana, Malta.

Sir Gerald Creasy arrives and makes his inspection. Parade, including a contingent of Girls of the St John Ambulance Brigade. The firing of ...

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.

No. 68 Photographic Squadron, which has been redrawing the map of Africa, moves all its men and equipment by air to Nairobi.

A FILM PROMOTING THE WORK OF THE RSPCA

Film showing aspects of RAF operations in Malaya; Dakota transport aircraft drop supplies to soldiers in the jungle, rocket-armed late mark Spitfires take off from an airfield near Kuala Lumpur to attack insurgent targets, Lincoln bombers are armed ...

Amateur footage of Harvard and Lincoln planes operating in Kenya. The film includes images of a bombing raid over the Nyambeni Forest.

Filmed from inside the cockpit of a plane, the colour footage initially shows a plane taking off. The film ...

Movement of dock at intervals, over four hours. On control platform. Compression.

Notes

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

Promotional film highlighting work done at the Tanganyika Branch.

Pleaes note: film made 8 years after Tanganyikan RC started - in 1949 - hence film probably made in 1957 - Lady Limerick laying foundation stone (in 1951) - men's ...

Emphasises the need for improvement of social conditions and closer integration of all races in East Africa to enable Africans to cope with social and economic changes which have taken place.

Shots of mountains and plains of ...

A report on life in Korea and Malaya - featuring jungle patrols searching for terrorists, a day in the life of a rubber planter and civil precautions against terrorists.

Documentary film of the Anglo-French intervention in and around Suez and Port Said in November 1956.

"At the Mediterranean head of the Suez Canal is the town of Port Said. It was the scene of British and French ...

Detailed survey of Cyprus today. Explains islands strategic location in relation to international politics. History of island outlined up to and from 1878 when Britain was asked to defend the island.

Report on problems of population and labour in Hong Kong. This Modern Age Series no. 34

Progress report on the Kariba Dam scheme.

Report on the Kariba Dam scheme, and the effects of the record floods.

Sir Robert Menzies reviews his diplomatic tour of 1959.

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 ...