Historical introduction (tea in China, its arrival in Europe, etc.) followed by the presentation of tea industry in East Africa; plucking, growing, blending, packing, exports, etc.

Advertising film. Shows the life of an African family in the Transvaal.

An Indian couple, workers on a rubber estate in Malaya, receive a letter which they cannot read. A semi-literate friend, to who they go for help, tells them it contains news of a family bereavement. Luckily the village schoolmaster is able to ...

This film describes how new life was brought to the immense desert of the Sudan by harnessing the waters of the River Nile, and creating such fertile country as that of the Gezira Cotton Scheme.

The opening sequences give a vivid ...

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10:00:18 Scenes on the quayside at Tilbury Docks as soldiers from various regiments and corps in the British Army, including members of a regimental Colour party, board HMT Empire Trooper. Young servicemen are seen ...

Survey of the peoples, customs and economy of Nigeria.

Travelogue of Nigeria. Includes Kano airport, Kano town - the mosque and market; children memorising the Koran; aerial views of Lagos; cocoa and ground nut cultivation; palm oil ...

A review of the then current state of Rhodesia of its past and future prospects - a very optimistic and very white vision.

Modern methods of producing rubber in plantations and factories. Manufacture of rubber into various products with examples.

A look at Tanganyika, later Tanzania. Re-edited in 1961 into TANGANYIKA STORY.

Tour around Cyprus, local customs and living conditions, and aspects of modern l ife.

Incomplete report on Aden, beginning with a series of short interviews with men of the Northamptonshire Regiment, then engaged in patrolling the border between Aden and Yemen. The film goes on to show interviews with the Aden finance minister, Sheikh ...

'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 ...

Architect Herald Berger is commissioned as advisor to Chandra, the Maharajah of Eschnapur. He becomes involved with Seeta, an Indian dancer who Chandra wishes to marry. In a jealous rage he has Berger cast into the ...

The operation of the PWD Sawmill in Nigeria.

Mission work in Papua New Guinea.

The various stages in the production of Rhodesian tobacco, cultivation, harvesting, grading, selling and shipping. The work of the research station.

An account of welfare services and educational facilities available to the children of the Federation of Malaya. Ante- and post-natal clinics ensure a good start in life; and at school the children have every opportunity to develop their ...

The welfare of the blind in Malaya: showing children at work and play in special schools for the blind; the training of blind craftmens; and the various occupations in which blind people are employed. The production of Braille reading matter, ...

"MALTA". Aerial shots of clouds and of airfield in Malta with RAF Transport Command Handley Page Hastings aircraft parked on the tarmac.

"NEW DELHI". Shots of buildings including Viceregal Lodge (?) with group strolling in the grounds - one is ...

(Reels One and Three only viewed). The introduction provides a brief review of progress made in Nigeria - Lagos converted from a malarial swamp, racial discrimination banished, new buildings, hospitals, railways, etc. However, much remains ...

Four stories set in Nigeria with the frustration of endeavour as their theme. One deals with the problem of hygiene, one with superstition, one with land conservation and one with education in Nigerian schools. What is being done to ...

Set in a prison camp for men captured in Malaya by the Japanese during World War II, whilst women and children are sent on a series of aimless treks through the jungle.

The following statement regarding the story appears after the opening credits ...

Leather traders in Northern Nigeria. Life, crafts, people, capital Kano, and the £2m export trade in hides and skins on N. Nigeria.

Samoan cricket, ceremonies and other activities.

The village of Vaipouli in Savii, the larger of the two main islands of Western Samoa. The boys from the government secondary school play Samoan cricket using a three sided bat with ...