Holiday in Northern Rhodesia with tourist shots. District officer on Safari around Lake Tanganyika. Lake traffic. Boats. Afrian local Ferries. Lake steam freighter. Shoreside villages with life and scenery.
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Merdeka in Malaysia
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Major William Lawrence in the 1950s and 1960s in Malaya, Australia, the U.K. and during his overland journey through Asia, India and Europe. During this time he was ...
Describes the various clans and peoples of the area and gives glimpses of the Annual Show, the Races, Christian Church life, a governor's visit, a visit of Gerald Durrell (the Naturalist), and the elections of 1957.
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Royal Visit by Duke of Edinburgh to Conference of Chiefs in Rural setting. Formal speech by the Duke. Visit to Agricultural Show by the Duke. Extended sequence of Agricultural show held at the site of "Jendi Rice" experimental farm ...
Problems faced in bringing law and order, health services and schools, etc., to the isolated communities on the mainland of New Guinea and the Islands of the Bismarck Archipeligo.
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.
Political broadcast. Part of a regular press conference given for London correspondents of foreign papers. The questions are answered by Herbert Bowden, James Griffiths and Hugh Gaitskell.
Topics covered include, ...
PROPAGANDA. An account of the Suez crisis and the strategic position of British military bases in Cyprus, seen from an extreme right-wing viewpoint. The film is introduced by Canadian reporter Stanley Maxted (39). On a map of the Meditteranean, he ...
Survey of present-day Hong Kong with particular emphasis on the appalling slum conditions.
Family scenes in UK and East Africa. Fishing. Children playing in garden. Last seqeunce shows a staged traditional African dance. 1956/7
Film about the Westland Whirlwind helicopter in service in Malaya.
Amateur film shot by Navy cameraman based on town-class cruiser HMS Birmingham. Includes unedited scenes of life on board HMS Birmingham and naval crew relaxing in various locations including the island of Malta, Inverness in Scotland, the French ...
Army Recruiting film in which a man who has served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) writes to a friend who has decided to join, explaining the many benefits and opportunities offered by the RAOC. Basic training at the Corps' Blackdown depot is ...
Report shows why the inhabitants of Gibraltar and Britain's defence staff wish the colony to remain British.
Mayor of Gibraltar traces the racial history of the Rock's inhabitants and concludes that they are ...
Travelogue of Rhodesia.
Depicting life on a cedar plantation in Central Africa, showing the nursery, pine tree plantation, pest control, trout fishing and wild plants and flowers.
Biography of a banana, from Jamaican plantation to greengrocer's stall.
Show Places:- N. Rhodesia builds new cinemas.
Back from Malaya:- Beira, troopship brings back 1st batt.
Rhodesian African Rifles.
Fish out of Water:- inspection of sea cadets.
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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.
Interview with Sir Abubakar Tafewa Balewa prior to independence.
'Three Nigerian students from different corners of Nigeria come to Ibadan University. While they sit talking in a dance club, the film traces back each of their journeys to the university. Scenes of their homes give a new impression of an ...
R.R.A.F. for Aden.
Chieftainess Luwazhi takes over.
Spotlight on Livingstone - including the museum and Victoria falls.
Heading for home - Central African Airways.
More news on Kariba ...
