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.

INTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.

Cocoa plantations in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and how they are affected by insects and the negligence of farmers.

An army captain wanders, wounded, into a Bedouin tent, and is nursed by the Sheik's daughter, whom he marries.He returns to the army as the battle of El Alamein begins. He is killed during an act of heroism and is unable to see his child. Years after ...

A colour travelogue intended to encourage tourists to visit the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia.

The film shows the the great ruins of Zimbabwe, follows a car journey to Umtali, before travelling through the fruit growing north and then on ...

A study of the Malay people living in a Borneo village. Showing fishing and village life.

A story of transition within the Gold Coast, as the boy Kumasenu moves from a small fishing village to the modern city of Accra.

'Lured by the false stories of his cousin Agboh, the boy Kumasenu leaves his village to seek adventure in the ...

The work of the Zambesi valley game rangers, the effects of lake Kariba and its dam on wildlife and "Operation Noah".

The training and work of the Royal Naval Air Service.

Over shots of a dinghy sailing race among moored warships, the commentary speaks of the importance of airpower in modern naval training. The film then provides a ...

Scenes in British Guiana. Local village life; sugar cane plantation work; cattle ranching; forest bird life; Amazonian Indian village; river rafting.

Kytor Falls. Women washing clothes in the river. Girl in hat. Street with river and ...