Drama about an overseer of a rubber plantation.

Reel 1 (AYY 294-1) Africans in shirts and shorts carry sacks of cocoa beans on their heads. The sacks are unloaded from the lorry. The beans are stirred, tipped from a sieve into a tray and then put into ...

I. 21 December. Opening with shots of African sappers unloading folding boats from a truck, the film shows the men working the winch and then carrying road bearers past the camera. The camera introduces ...

"THE REGENTS PARK ZOO TAKES CENSUS OF ITS RESIDENTS" (53-65); MS a keeper preparing to make a note in a book (70); the keeper looking at two polar bears, in an enclosure (77); CS polar bears (80); large brown bear (83); MS bear ...

For a detailed shot list contact the NFTVA. Items include: PERSONALITIES: A TRIBUTE TO MR CHAMBERLAIN AND OTHER ITEMS V.C.OFFICER WINS CITY FREEDOM AND BRIDE POLISH PILOTS VISITED BY AIR SECRETARY EX-AIR CHIEF TO BE GOVERNOR ...

Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.

Although more land has been given over to food production, a significant contribution is made by the British Commonwealth of ...

DOCUMENTARY: Destroyer ship "H.M.S. Ashanti" makes her maiden voyage to Ashanti, the country after which she has been named.

Credits (31), waves, coastline of the Gold Coast, map of Africa showing Ashanti (62), markets (77) naval ...

Story of the maiden voyage of HMS Ashanti, a Tribal Class destroyer, to visit the Gold Coast to "show herself to the tribesmen of the country."

Brief introductory history of the Ashanti kingdom, now an enlightened ...

Amateur footage by J.N. Jeneid (tour manager with Thomas Cook) of scenes(?) shot in West Africa, the Canaries and Tenerife - probably on a Thomas Cook tour)

INTEREST. A film of British West Africa.

Credits (23). The primitive fishing of the natives on the Gold Coast - they beach their boat, lay out their nets and repair any damage to them ready for the next morning's fishing. The ...

Murder and blackmail in an African outpost.

The High Command was Thorold Dickinson’s first directorial venture, and the first and only production of Fanfare Pictures, an offshoot of Associated Talking Pictures.  ...

The production of cocoa beans in the Gold Coast and their shipment to England.

After an opening title explaining that 'most of the raw cocoa used in England grows in Africa on the Gold Coast - a part of the British Empire', a map of ...