Stephen Venables, mountaineer, explores the glaciers of South Georgia.
Stephen Venables, mountaineer, explores the glaciers of South Georgia.
Story of adventures of three brothers in the Foreign Legion, each of whom is taking the blame for jewel theft in England. Re-make of a 1926 silent version. From a novel by P.C. Wren. Screenplay by Robert Carson.
Three brothers shoulder the blame for a theft, and join the Foreign Legion.
Unedited rushes. This was the largest convoy to enter Tripoli Harbour.
Aerial and ground footage of operations by RAF Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bombers based at Chiringa, Bengal Province, India (Bangladesh).
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The installation of Sekgoma Khama as chief, 28th May 1923. Shows the main ceremony with British officials and the attendant crowd. "His Majesty in Court Dress - top hat and frock coat" with a shot of the Chief flanked by ...
INTEREST. The way of life of the Bedouins of Moab, Jordan.
Main title (2). A family group of Bedouins sitting outside a small tent. They play string instruments, beat drums and the children and other adults clap along (26-58). A camel with ...
The making of Star lager from Nigeria.
The film opens with the Star lager trademark as local music plays. As three African men sit outside drinking Star lager, a close-up of a tray reveals the company logo. The voiceover states that 'These ...
Abu Baker is a poor fisherman from the east coast of Malaya. With only a sailing boat he is at the mercy of tide, wind and weather. If these turn against him he runs into debt with the fish merchant. But with government help he obtains a new ...
DRAMA. Young officer rescues sweetheart from native uprising on plantation.
Captain Williams visits a plantation in the tropics to see his sweetheart, the owner's daughter. During his stay he rebukes the brutal overseer, Pedro, for his ...
Behind-the-scenes in the Indian Air Force.
The film shows: aircraft in flight; a newspaper headline stating 'three Japanese planes shot down over Calcutta'; maintenance of aircraft; workshop work; class ...
INTEREST. The market at Blantyre and street and market scenes in Zomba.
Credits for series (11). Map of Africa highlighting the area (26). CU area around Beira (36). Credits for this film (45). "His Excelling Sir George Smith K.C., ...
INTEREST. A trip along the Zambesi in a steamer.
Titles for the series. (10) Map of Africa. (26) CU area around Beira. (37) Main titles. (44) "One of the most magnificent rivers in Africa" (48) Titles. (80) Iris opens out on a silhouette ...
INTEREST. Railways in Nyassaland.
Titles for series. (9) Iris opens on a map of Africa highlighting the area. (31) CU area around Beira. (58) CU same area with railway lines mapped out. (78) Main titles for this film. (87) Intertitles ...
Training in Britain's last jungle training country, Belize in Central America. Following jungle patrols, navy movements and air to ground/sea attacks.
The future of Belize, former British colony of British Honduras.
Amateur film shot by a local Bahamian cameraman records the life in the Bahamas of the twenty English evacuee schoolboys evacuated via SS Orduna from Belmont School in Hassocks, Sussex for the period from 1940 to 1944, and shows the Duke of Windsor ( ...
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe ...
"INTEREST. Travelogue" The film opens with a map of Africa with pointer showing places on the railway line (89-117)(150-166); Lobito Bay, the starting point of the railway (192-222); a ship loading at Lobito dock (230-277); the SS Angola ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. The island of Bermuda as a holiday resort. Includes the ceremonial handing over of office from one Governor General to another. A trip around the island by carriage. St Peter's Church and Gibb's Hill lighthouse.
Investigation of a series of murders of people who have paid into a fund to go to the one who survives.
Compilation film of views of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, late 1917 or early 1918.
Street scenes in Bethlehem, the Church of Saint Mary, the Gardens of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy ...
Scenes of Bethlehem, Solomon's Pool and Jerusalem, including General Allenby's visit to Bethlehem on Christmas Day, Palestine Front, 1917.
I. A long sequence of 2/4th Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, with its band ...
Near Nairobi, Kenya. Africans build a good permanent house using mainly materials which are available on the spot.
In a local village a colonial official arrives in a car to help re-build a house for locals. The film commentary ...