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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HMS Glasgow comes alongside Parlatorio Wharf in Malta and men of No 3 Royal Marine Commando disembark.

Slow LA.CU pan from port quarter to boat deck of HMS Glasgow as she comes ...

The Canopus touching down in Montego Bay; the visit to Kingston, the American n naval reception at Panama; the enthusiasm of the people.

The visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their world tour on 24th Novemebr 1953.

Mute unedited film apparently relating to the relief of the West Kents by the Hampshires in Western Pahang in January 1954 during the Malayan Emergency.

The film covers three events. I. A parade by troops of the ...

Film about the building of the Kariba Dam and its effect on the lives of the local people.

Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a number of films ...

Begins with title board for Roach film 'Scenes in the Seychelles'. Then changes to colour family footage. Girls sitting on giant tortoise. Beach scenes, ships (colour). Revert to b/w (possibly footage from 'Scenes…'?). Shipboard scenes. ...

848 Squadron demonstrates deplaning by rope, parachuting, and abseiling (necessary if a parachutist becomes entangled in jungle trees). The Secretary of State then goes on to ...

Horace Underwood and Percy Chen on Communist China. The influx of refugees to Hong Kong and the problems caused.

Record of Baptist Missionary Society tour led by Sir Herbert Janes of various locations in Sierra Leone. Opens with boat leaving Liverpool and shots of journey. Predominantly consists of shots of black urban and rural life with less ...

The enlarging and improving of Takoradi Harbour in the Gold Coast.

Lumberman's campaign to find and destroy a renegade white man who is leader of ferocious native tribe which terrorises an area in E. Africa.

A visit to the Guard Dog School, Ulu Pandan, Singapore, and to Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur, where tracker dogs are trained by men of the 1st Royal Hampshires.

CU of the ...

Amateur film. The first section of the film includes shots of giraffes, elephants, a river with raging torrents, flowers, the Karamojan tribe dancing, a hunted animal dying. Also includes film of young men being circumcised. A pool of blood lies on the ...

Fifth film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This film illustrates the war in the desert and the desert air force.

Since World War One the Middle East has been ...

Sixth film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This episode shows the strength of Combined Operations.

The film shows: attempts to break into Norway; Objective Dieppe ...

Seventh film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This episode shows the war in the Far East, indicating Japan's growing involvement and strength.

The film shows that ...

The wealth which its timber brings to the Gold Coast.

Story of Arab traders' seduction of Galana tribesmen from their peaceful ways and the efforts of a game warden to bring them back.

Film explaining the merits of the Malayan Federation's Employee's Provident Fund.

Many happy families, such as the Wongs, can afford to look after their aging parents, but many people without support have to beg. ...