A large gathering of formally dressed adults is seen surrounding a two storey non-native building. A group of formally dressed local children pose for the camera outside a church, and the elders disperse or pose to the camera. The Roach ...
Girls on giant tortoise. Hitting tortoise with stick. Swimming. Man with six fingers.
Infant playing in garden. Wedding. Some landscape scenes.
Mission hospital? Leper. Coastal scenes. Local boys climbing a greasy pole? Offcial visit: Governor? Crowds listen to address. Sailing ships.
Giant tortoise. Coastal and shipboard scenes. Hunting of sea turtles (possibly same footage as Roach 007?). Ships at sea. Coastal scenes, fairy tern. Views of coast from on board ship.
Family and home scenes.
I. Whirlwind WV.193 (recognition letter E) lands on a cleared patch in the jungle and soldiers unload tractor parts. Using sheers and lifting tackle the soldiers begin assembling the parts. Further ...
"Progress and developnent in Sarawak, once the land of headhunters, ruled by a White Rajah. The Dyaks, natives of Sarawak, still keep to their customs and cultures, but have accepted modern ideas and serve on Local Councils with other ...
INTEREST. The wood-pulp industry in Sarawak.
A man splits logs into rough sections while another puts the sections against a circular saw to make wood-shavings (88). The wood-shavings are placed into a machine through which water is run to ...
Reel 1: "RISALPUR TO SINGAPORE - JAN 1938". A Hawker Hart starts up on airfield. "AMBALA WHERE WE FILLED UP...". Row of Harts lined up on airfield. Men cranking up motor vehicle engine by hand. "...AND HANDED IN NAVIGATION LOGS". Navigation logs ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Commander Alex Swann while serving as Electrical Commander on HMS Indefatigable in the Home Fleet Training Squadron between November 1950 and April 1953 records HMS Vanguard entering Gibraltar, views down from Rock of ...
The work and living conditions of the scientists who man the seven bases set up in the Falkland Islands Dependencies.
The Scottish Air Division (RNVR) visit to Malta, August 1953.
Air crews at work, RNVR officers relaxing on the beach at Kalafrana. Flag Officer 2 visits to RNVR Squadrons at Hal Far (Vice- ...
Naval publicity short featuring the Sea Hawks of 806 NAS onboard HMS Centaur in the Mediterranean. The emphasis is on the aerobatic skill of the pilots rather than any more martial qualities ...
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 ...
THE VISIT OF BRITAINS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, OLIVER * LYTTELTON>, TO NIGERIA, 24TH MAY-1ST JUNE, 1952
Horace Underwood and Percy Chen on Communist China. The influx of refugees to Hong Kong and the problems caused.
Murrow interviews California Gov. Earl Warren. "India, 1953": report on the political, social and economic climate including interview with Nehru.
Documentary describing the rapid growth of the Nigerian palm oil trade.
Celebrations, attended by the Princess Royal, to mark the introduction of self-government in Western Nigeria in November 1957.
The film opens with street scenes, highlighting the preparations for the impending celebrations. The new offices ...
Deals with the communist "threat" to an isolated village in Malaysia and promotes the concept of self-help, encouraging the tradition of consulting territorial chiefs who then consult with the district officers. The film shows an example of isolated ...
Botswanan politician, Khama, is allowed to return for five days, from exile, because his wife is expecting a baby.
[Son of the Bamangwato chief Sekoma II (died 1925), Khama studied law in the UK and married an ...
Seretse Khama is seen arriving in a flying boat at Southampton with his wife and child. He is starting his five year exile from Bechuanaland. It is reported that before leving Africa, Seretse came to an agreement with ...
Shows cadets of many nations training at the Federation of Malaya's Military Academy.
