The problems faced by British authorities in trying to cope with the increasing population of Hong Kong.

Army Recruiting film aimed at potential members of the Royal Signals. The film describes the three routes of entry available, shows recruits engaged in drill, physical training and weapons training and goes on to look at the specialist technical and ...

Actuality: uncut footage, posibly out-takes of events during and surrounding the filming of "Thunderball" in the Bahamas.

Shots of large props including Harrier jet(?) being built; speedboat which separates from larger cruiser. Air ...

Short documentary about RAF Transport Command's regular flights to the Far East narrated by (and starring) Jon Rollason.

Reporter John Rollason, not an RAF man, is booked on a Transport Command Comet to Singapore, ...

Short film with a recruiting aim stressing the importance of the technical grades in the Royal Navy.

The role of the technician in the modern navy is stressed, along with illustrations of various areas: command and ...

AFRICAN BOYS MAKING WHEELED WIRE TOYS

RAF film on the aircraft and role of Transport Command.

The film shows how aircraft such as the Bristol Britannia, Blackburn Beverley, Handley Page Hastings, De Havilland Comet and Armstrong Whitworth Argosy were ...

Regimental record, with detailed commentary by commanding officer, of parade by 1st Battalion The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment in Aden in presence of Princess Alexandra of Kent, Sir Charles Johnston (Governor of Aden) and Air Marshal Sir Charles ...

A description of the significant changes which have occured in tropical Africa during this century. The contrasts between rural and urban life are shown, and the effects of European influence and the problems of independence. Modern ...

Dramatised documentary using a story about faulty navigational radar to illustrate RAF life and work in the Far East.

RAF Staging Post at Gan in the Maldives discovers a malfunction in the CRDF (Cathode Ray Direction ...

Information film about the benefits of the national radio service in Sarawak.

The film opens with a performance by the Kuching Constabulary, a popular attraction in the capital. Radio permits this music ...

Considers the history and economies of the 3 parts of the federation, the differences between the races, and interviews with Dr. Banda and Roy Welensky.

Hong Kong under the personal supervision of Mr. Norman F.C. Li. Grateful thanks to Mr Wu Chung for meeting the cost of the film the work of the British Red Cross Society Hong Kong Branch on the 100th anniversary of the BRCS and the 12th Anniversary of ...

Record of the mutual ties which bind Britain and Malta.

Compareda and contrasted, Salisbury - Rhodesia and Salisbury - Great Britain.

VHS of a series of still photographs with an accompanying written script. 1. Shots of Zanzibar, including places and buildings of note.

2. Shots of Pemba.

3. Shots of Dhows.

4. Royal Occasions: significant events between 1956 and 1963 ...

Tom and Sukie arrive in Malta to spend the holidays with their father, an archae ologist digging for a legendary golden statue of Calypso on the island of Gozo. He fails to meet the children who mke friends with Jiminy, a Maltese boy, ...

The last meeting of the Board of Admiralty, the Army Council and the Air Council before the three services came under the control of the Ministry of Defence. The first Defence Council meeting and unified operations in practice in Aden.

An area in Swaziland, adjacent to the Great Usutu River, was found to be ideal for planting a vast forest of quick pines. After intensive research a pulp mill of a new type which does not feed any effluent into the river was erected and put into ...

A documentary looking at the transfer of the Batonka people of the Zambezi valley to new homes because of the creation of Lake Kariba. It starts off with footage shot in 1956 and looks at the Batonka tribe, with scenes of village life and a ...

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.

The development and growth of the volcano from the beginning of the eruption in October 1961 until March 1962 when active growth had virtually ceased. The film indicates some of the effects of the volcano on the flora and fauna of the ...

Some aspects of the varied work being done by young volunteers from Britain for Voluntary Service Overseas in social and medical services, particularly in the new countries of Tanzania and Mauritius.

Belize facing a take-over bid by neighbouring Guatemala.