This film is a visual diary of the Marsh's journey to South Africa by car from The Limpopo river to Cape Town. It shows their journey through Pretoria, Johannesberg, Basutoland, Durban and Grahamstown. It includes a long section in a ...
On safari in Kenya, and various shots taken in Amsterdam, Devon, Aberdeen and Vienna.
Bechaunaland. Arrival of work party by lorry in open rolling grass country. Tools and equipment taken from lorry. Hole dug to take the feet of tubular steel tripod tower which is then built up in sections by the African work team. ...
845 Squadron operates Wessex helicopters against Indonesian guerrillas in Brunei.
Aerial views from helicopter flying over the jungle. Cut to helicopter now landed by a river - supplies have been landed and are taken ...
HMS Centaur embarks men of 45 Royal Marine Commando, Ferret armoured cars of 16/5 Lancers, and RAF Belvedere helicopters for the voyage from Aden to Tanganyika.
LS pan over Aden ...
A pictorial record of activity on HMS Hermes during her second commission, starting in the Mediterranean and ending in Hong Kong.
Aerial sequence showing HMS Hermes entering Grand Harbour ...
HMS Fenton is one of two minesweepers re-commissioned for passage to England after five years in reserve at Aden. The object of the exercise was to prove that such vessels could be brought ...
Report on how British forces are countering Dr Sukarno's efforts to undermine the new Federation of Malaysia.
Indonesia has failed to disrupt the Malaysian economy (interview with Singapore Finance Minister who says ...
Report marking the end of British rule in Malta uses a survey of the island's history and interviews with Maltese leaders to suggest the course of future developments and to explain why the Labour Party boycotted the ...
Unedited colour film of Royal Marine Commandos in four jeeps and two trucks on patrol in a rocky arid district surrounded by mountains.
Two Marines sit perched on a cliff while the camera pans towards the mountains ...
Film showing move of 4th Royal Tank Regiment from Edinburgh to Aden. Showing parade of the Regiment at Redford Cavalry Barracks, Edinburgh, departure from Turnhouse airport, and scenes of the Regiment's activities as Middle East Armoured Car Regiment ...
