Film of the signing of the Anglo-Malayan Mutual Defence Treaty on October 12, 1957.
The various participants arrive and assemble; the treaty (a defence agreement between Britain and Malaya) is signed. Close-up of ...
Film of the signing of the Anglo-Malayan Mutual Defence Treaty on October 12, 1957.
The various participants arrive and assemble; the treaty (a defence agreement between Britain and Malaya) is signed. Close-up of ...
The life of Singapore and variety provided by the many different cultures and cu stoms which find expression there.
Story of two men, one white and the other black, raised in friendship all their lives who become enemies during the Mau Mau revolt in Kenya. From a novel of Robert Ruark
The implementation of the Land Husbandry Act, th people involved and the progress it has had on agriculture and the social economy.
A justification of the Anglo-French 'intervention' in Suez.
Introduction sketches background: Britain's "thankless and difficult" task in Palestine mandate; 1948 Arab-Israeli war and armistice. The advent of Nasser ...
Mission work in Papua New Guinea.
Leather traders in Northern Nigeria. Life, crafts, people, capital Kano, and the £2m export trade in hides and skins on N. Nigeria.
THE SETTING UP OF TWO POWER TRANSMISSION LINES LINKING THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC STATION AT OWEN FALLS WITH THE DISTRIBUTION CENTRES IN UGANDA>
Scenes of the 1957 Trinidad Carnival, shot by Daniel Broad, British Trade Commissioner in Trinidad, 1950-60.
Tells the story of an industrial enterprise, which showed for the first time how the forest resources of Nigeria and Ghana could be used.
Film about the Westland Whirlwind helicopter in service in Malaya.
Story of a doctor working in the Far East who becomes embroiled in sinister clashes between a ruthless planter, unscrupulous Government leaders and fanatical rebels.
Military action in Malaya in the early and middle 1950s. This shows helicopters of the Royal Navy (S.55s) combining with British and other troops in the jungle campaign against the insurgents in the Malay Emergency. Troops and ...
Amateur. Buildings, shops and local life on the island of Zanzibar, East Africa.
View from aircraft landing. Ivory tusks on wagon. Aircraft (East African Airways) on runway. Aerial views from aircraft - clouds and land below. More ...