Introduced by Lord Lee of Fareham, who explains that many doubt the value of the Bible of history. Views are then shown which are associated with stories from the Bible, and the life of Christ.

Account of the delights of fishing for tuna and other large fish.

Remarkable film record of adventures covering a period of thirty years. Pioneering work photographing wild animals in Africa, India, Borneo, Canada and America.

At the Wankie National Park (later called the Hwange Game Reserve),in Rhodesia, Tourists' observation platforms. Water hole drilling. Eland, water buffalo and smaller game are captured for transfer to the new National park at Bulawayo.

INSTRUCTIONAL. Opening shot of a map of India. An arrow indicates the Deccan States and then the Rajputana States and Thar desert where the town of Bikaner is situated. Bullock carts and camels make their way across the ...

ACTUALITY. The construction of a railway bridge across a river in South Africa.

A gang of African labourers, with an overseer, assembling railway lines; bridge in background (31). A section of girder bridge is hauled into position on ...

Imperial Airways biplane lands. English dignitaries climbing out. The biplane in a field; people surround it. Pan of exterior of Umaid Bhawan Palace with scaffolding. Another biplane landing in a field.

No titles. An Imperial Airways biplane (G- ...

ACTUALITY. Shots of various birds and reptiles in Northern India.

Forest (16). Flock of birds flying in circles (23). Two white storks swimming and fishing on a pond (66). A succession of birds of various species feeding on a patch of grass. ...

A visit to Sierra Leone where much of the world's diamond industry is centred. Processes of preparing diamonds for dispatch. Commentary by Franklin Englemann.

In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess Beatrix.

Footage of the parade ...

ACTUALITY. Coming-of-age celebrations for a Maharajah in India.

A procession of elephants with howdahs passes the camera, crowds run beside it (32f).

Note: The above is from THROUGH THREE REIGNS 1922 (Rl. 1. 1600-1632ft).

Note: ...

INTEREST. Boys at Bisley School during Empire Day celebrations and performing gym exercises.

[Film broken at the beginning]. "Lt Col Sir Archibald WEIGALL KCMG Inspects the Rank". The Colonel walks down rows of boys and chats to ...

First of six current-affairs programmes addressing issues of interest to black people. This edition features Mel B of the Spice Girls in interview; a report on how the island of Antigua is coping with the influx of ...

INDUSTRIAL/ETHNOLOGY. Film on the Nigerian cotton industry and how the natives use cotton themselves in the manufacture of clothing.

""BLACK COTTON" Arranged by BRITISH INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS LTD. SURBITON, SURREY." (10). " ...

INTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.

The film begins with close-ups of individuals accompanying the Thaws on their trip. "Tom" "Major Anderson" "Bakari - Head Man" "Fahaji - Gunbearer" "Salim - Gunbearer" "Transafrica Safari presents BLACK MAJESTY Recorded by RCA ...

Five Anglo-Catholic nuns open a school and a hospital in the Himalayas. It prospers until a series of mishaps turn the villagers against the nuns. Finally Sister Ruth becomes mad and attacks the mother superior only to bring about her own ...

DOCUMENTARY. A report by Bill Grundy and Chris Kelly from Basutoland shortly before it became the independent state of Lesotho on October 4th, 1966.