The Combined Fleets at Gibraltar, March 1954.

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Technical: print badly scratched and has ingrained dirt; damp has destroyed one side of reel.

Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been ...

The Commanding Officer of HMS Centaur relinquishes command at Malta.

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Remarks: uncatalogued.

(Taken in HMAS Quadrant.) Destroyers in line astern and ahead; fleet forming up; fleet dressed overall at entrance to Singapore Roads.

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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - ...

The tour of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to India, Pakistan, Sarawak, Singapore, North Borneo, Hong Kong, the Solomon, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Christmas Island, the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Northern Line Islands.

INTEREST. A travelogue set in Western Uganda, bordering the Congo. View across the Ruwenzori Mountains. The hot, sulphur springs on the savannah plains (130-155). Contrast of dense jungle on mountain side. Bamboo growing in the jungle ...

Record of the operation to separate the Siamese twins from Africa.

Conservative Party newsreel. Cartoon pointing out that there is no age limit for School Certificate entrants. The Commonwealth Conference. The Duchess of Kent returns from Far East tour. David eccles on incentive. Meeting between Churchill ...

TRAVELOGUE. The Malay Archipelago and Borneo.

INTEREST. The production of copper in Northern Rhodesia. Welfare facilites provided for the mining communities, including the towns of Mufulira, N'Kana, Ndola and Chingola.

Map of Middle East with Kuwait highlighted, map of Port of Kuwait illustrating the Port Anchorage Basin and the location of coral reefs. Title: "Kuwait is entirely dependent on imports of all materials, including water. The lack of a suitable port ...

Film of naval activities during the Coronation Day celebrations in various parts of the Far East and elsewhere, 2nd June 1953.

(Part 1) HMS Unicorn in Singapore; public tours ship. (Part 2) ...

INTEREST. Celebrations in Dar Es-Salaam to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

The construction, by Richard Costain Ltd, of Kariba Heights, a township to house workers employed on the Kariba Dam project

The growing processing and weaving of cotton from East Africa.

Survey of the cotton industry in Uganda.

INTEREST. Singpore.

Includes shots of a harbour, ships and buildings. Street scenes in Zanzibar showing local people, rickshaws, children, policemen and other local life. Shots of the British Embassy, gardens and army bands. It shows a pier being built ...

Various scenes in and around Zanzibar Airport.

Various scenes of Aden harbour showing local boats and naval ships. Some film shot from on board a boat.

Various scenes of the Queen Mother's visit to Nairobi, including a Guard of Honour, her car arriving and the crowds waiting to greet her. It includes some interesting film of a troupe of local men dancing and playing drums as part of ...

Ocean liner's passage from India though Suez Canal to Gibraltar. Passing troop ship in the Canal. Stop at Port Sudan. Passage through Canal. Marseilles. Passing submarine and sailing barque at sea. Rock of Gibraltar.

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A foot safari with a District Forestry Office, James Lang-Brown, to the top of Mt. Napak, a massif on the border of Karamoja and Teso districts. Team of porters. Mountain scenery. with panoramic views. The mountains were declared ...

Scenes - mostly in Moroto - of living in Karamoja, Uganda.

Includes: building Morotochurch; a 'barazza' (meeting with tribesmen) in Rupa, a settlement at the foot of mount Moroto; the bi-weekly Moroto bus (the only public ...

A record of life in the District HQ of Karamoja Distrcit, Uganda, 1958 - 60. Edited. Personal film, but also show this remote station, the housing, office and dukas (shops), activities like refuse collection and the station farm, ...

Travelogue, showing the buildings, people and wildlife of Nairobi.

Over shots of modern Nairobi, the commentator outlines the transformation of the city under British rule over the previous fifty years. The film highlights the 'modern colonial ...

Documentary on the Caribbean, shot during the making of "Fire Down Below". Tour of Trinidad, sporting activities, carnivals and the Limbo dance performed to the music of a steel band.

The control of bilharzia and malaria in Rhodesia.

A summary of the activities of the United Africa Company, part of the sponsor's group. Import of raw material from Africa to Britain and export of manufactured goods to Africa. The design and production in Manchester of patterned cloth for ...

Sponsored film showing building and civil engineering schemes in southern Africa.

The film begins in Lusaka, then Rhodesia, and travels through the country and Nyasaland (now Malawi) showing road construction in bush country, bridge ...

Kenya. The work of District teams in combatting disease and increasing food supplies. Town refuse and animal manure are made into valuable compost (instead of providing breeding grounds for flies). Shows the use of compost in growing ...

Diet film for employers of African labour.

The desposed PM of British Guiana protests against susp[ension of the colony's constitution.

INTEREST. A film on the Gold Coast [Ghana], including a record of the 1946 Ashanti Durbar at Kumase.

RL.1 The town and port of Accra. 200 miles inland, the town of Kumase, capital of Ashanti. Mixture of African and European ...

Duchess greeted by Royal Family at London Airport on return from Malaya. Flashback to highlights of tour which included Borneo, Sarawak and Hong Kong.

She inspects the RAF Malay regiment, opens a Tuberculosis clinic, receives hon. Freedom if city, visits George VI dockyard, military hospital and Women's Royal Army Corps.

Rehearsal of Fleet concert party. "Blue Jackets" band of HMS St Angelo marches down Kingsway, Valletta; crowd lines street. Street Lining party provided by Malta shore establishments takes up positions in Kingsway. Band and ...

Film about the Dunlop Rubber Co's worldwide activities, particularly in its 13 rubber estates in Malacca. The film looks at the amenities on the estate and the anti-bandit security measures.

Introduced as a story of 'British achievement in the ...

The Dudley family sail to Nigeria by passenger ship in 1957, and drive by car to their residence up-country. The film includes family activities outdoors; social gatherings of visitors and locals, city, village and countryside scenes ...

Shots of game park with rhinos, ostriches, lion and giraffes...various sequences in garden of bungalow with adults, small child and dog.

Production / Donor Details: This collection was shot by Brigadier Cecil Leonard Basil (Bulger) ...

A portrait of the Fleet Air Arm.

An introductory sequence depicts life at a British shore station of the FAA: opening shots of dinghies sailing near an aircraft carrier and other naval vessels, followed by scenes of ...

Leaving from Swiss (?) airport (Swiss flag flying), followed by views from airplane of coastline. East African local flora: collecting seeds by shaking tree and the seeds 'exploding' off. Sisal production process including farming, separating, drying ...

Shot in Uganda, this film deals with the activities of Makerere College, which provides higher education for Africans from all over East Africa, as shown through the experiences of a typical female student.

The film opens with shots ...

I. Scenes of shipboard routine during RN East Mediterranean Cruise.

I. Officer pistol shooting on Quarterdeck. HMS Daring and HMS Delight. Pom pom crew in full action rig. Jackstay crossing. ...

Tinted titles. "1B Tulun and Mohammed" "Ali Mosques" "Citadel. Dervishes" "Pyramids. Sphinx" "Luxor, Karnak and Thebes" - street scenes taken from rickshaw. "The Colossi of Memnon" "Assouan - Nile steamer to Abu-Simbel" "Wadi-Halfa" "Sudan ...

"Opening of Pump Scheme - Governor and District Commissioners" - British officials, Egyptians, band. "Sudan Defence Force - Kaid Inspecting Passing Out Parade" "Gordon Drake Arthur - Born February 7th, 1951" - baby and ceremony with horses ...

DOCUMENTARY. The people, resources and industries of British Guiana.

RL.1 Credits (78). A chart showing the location of Guyana, the 'El Dorado' of Walter Raleigh (122). The Guyanese mountains and jungle viewed from a boat passing ...

The Emir's palace and town street scenes in Zaria, Nigeria