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.

Amateur. Scenes in Tanga on the coast of Tanzania.

View from bungalow looking over to coast - Pemba Island (?) Black servant with a large fish. Views of ships in harbour. Small fishing boats. Telecommunications tower. General views ...

Aspects of the major social problems raised by the rapid industrialisation of Northern Rhodesia; work done by the missionaries.

On Savaii. The largest island in Western Samoa. Children playing in the thick tropical rainforest. Matavai village. Dignified old men make speeches and use a fly whisk. Vaipouli village. Boys, wearing Siapo, primitive clothing made from ...

The operation of a mechanical workshop (PWD IJORA) which repairs government machinery and property in Nigeria.

The election and appointment of the new archbishop of West Africa, James Lawrence Horstead of Freetown, Sierra Leone who replaced Leslie Gordon Vining of Lagos at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos.

Conditions faced by a team of explorers looking for oil. Principal locations Persian Gulf, Canada, Papua, Zanzibar, Trinidad.

Qatar's new found prosperity due to the oil industry.

Compilation of early Spotlights, including - Katambora reform school, fumigation of bagged grain, safari on river Luangwa, stock car racing, visit of S. Rhodesian MP's to North, Chief Katumbi and tribe ...

The destruction of Rhodesia's native timber resources and the need for careful management of that resource.

Chieftainess Luwezhi installed at Chavuma, head messenger retires, training African nurses in Nyasaland, the Kyusa dancers, Jairos Jiri- friend of the people.

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 ...

A FILM PROMOTING THE WORK OF THE RSPCA

Compilation of early Spotlights, no's 20-30, including, lake Nyasa developments, reopening of old copper mine, the story of rubber, news from Lusaka and Salisbury, Blantyre's diamond jubilee, and Falcon ...

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

The participants of and shots of the Kenya Himal Chuli expedition of 1955.

Shot of the Himal Chuli (Himalchuli Mountain) in Nepal. The Participants - John Howard and the photographer of the expedition Arthur Firmin and John Lane, ...

The operation of the PWD Sawmill in Nigeria.

January 7th 1955. An announcement by Chief Awolowo, Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria at the radio station? He talks of free universal primary education. A primary school, children admitted, a visit by the Premier and the Minister 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 ...

Scenes of the 1955 Trinidad carnival shot by Alan Broad, British Trade Commissioner in Trinidad, 1950-1960.

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.

Compilation from early Spotlights, no's 8-14, including. Land clearance at Karoi, Chingola mining town, soil conservation in Nyasaland, expansion of Salisbury, cultivation of cow pox, railway construction ...

The work of the African Messenger service in Northern Rhodesia. Looks at a typical day's duties of a chief messenger and his five colleagues working for the district commissioner. i) The first messenger drives a lorry full of cement to the site ...

The history of the ups and downs of the tobacco market and its effects on the growers.

The making of Star lager from Nigeria.

The film opens with the Star lager trademark as local music plays. As three African men sit outside drinking Star lager, a close-up of a tray reveals the company logo. The voiceover states that 'These ...

Construction of a harbour capable of berthing 32.000 tons tankers to serve the B .P. oil refinery at Little Aden. Work includes reclaiming 250 acres from the se a and building breakwater and jetties. Quarrying, transporting and ...

Study of Singapore's first general election.

Electioneering posters for the first election to Assembly with an elected majority. `The Vote Is Secret'. Canvassing. The candidates, David Marshall (Labour Front) addresses workers in a square ...

Expert advice given to villagers to plant and grow vegetables for better yield and produce. Very similar to IT PAYS TO SPRAY.

Film about the Victoria Falls on the borders of Northern and Southern Rhodesia.

Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a number of ...

START 10:00:00 Opening titles

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 ...

Dramatised episode showing an old couple preparing for the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Film shows the couple withdrawing savings, obtaining passports and setting out.

Film made for Harrisons and Crosfield, publicising the company's contribution to Malayan national prosperity.

Malayan wealth is based on rubber, and the film begins by showing the initial collection of the latex, ...

Film showing Sarawak, the youngest colony of the British Commonwealth.

The film indicates that a hundred years ago Sarawak was a land of poor peasants and fishermen and that its first white Rajah (Sir James ...

Film showing the past and present life of Malacca.

The film tells how Malacca has been conquered several times - by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. Malacca as it is now is compared with the past. ...

Malayan Government propaganda.

The film covers the first Malayan general elections, emphasising popular support for Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Alliance Party. Cabinet members are seen beginning work. "The new era ...

Film showing the community of Brunei, indicating how life here is changing fast.

The film shows: the history of Brunei's existence; its alliance with the Sultan of Borneo; the docks, which are kept busy with the ...

Reel One. New students arrive. Ceremony of enrolment and Vice-Chancellor's introductory speech. Undergraduates grow accustomed to the new routines; "The learning part has begun". Medicine requires a clearly defined course of laboratory work, classes ...

The rubber industry in Malaya.

The rubber plantation with tappers doing their job. From June 1948 onwards, when Malaya's emergency began, new areas were still cleaned for planting; footage of the seedlings being ...

Various aspects of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaya.

Notes

Remarks: cataloguing incomplete.

Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, on duty in Malaya: girls operating switchboard, office workers, girls playing tennis, relaxing in sitting room and attending a lecture on Malayan geography.

The tourist sights of Rhodesia.

The film shows assorted places of interest (historical ruins, Victoria Falls etc) and a few glimpses of wildlife around an apparently unpopulated Rhodesian countryside. ...

MGH 5130: Scenes in Malaya ca 1950 include Gurkhas swimming with officers off Penang Island, armoured train sequence and rail jeep used during Emergency for transport up country.

MGH 5131- 5132: Scenes in Malaya ca 1950 include Cameron ...

Voyage from Freetown to England on the M.V. Accra, showing various activities of the sailors and the passengers on board and different stops at unknown ports along the way.

Production / Donor Details: Mrs. Harley lived in the ...

Various shots of the Teacher Training College at Kagumo, fortified against Mau Mau attack. Nyeri township, and manually operated ferries on the journey from Mombasa to Mr Rees' new posting to Kilifi District in the Coast Province. ...

(1) Christmas Pantomime 1951

(2) Livingstone Airport 1953

(3) Beirut Lebanon 1953

(4) Visit to Nigeria 1955

Production / Donor Details: The films in the Morrison Collection were shot by William Graham Morrison ...

Scenes in Mongu, Barotseland, and Lusaka.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Bryan was an Education Officer in Northern Rhodesia from 1953 - 1961.

British domestic scenes in Borneo. Harbour scenes in Borneo or Malay.

Sea voyage on the "Canton of London" to England via Singapore. Bombay. Aden. Cairo. Pyramids. Gibraltor. Falmouth. Dover Harbour. Tilbury Docks, showing ...

Capetown motor racing circuit.1951; First Foot Safari in Mbeya 1951 IN COLOUR; Crossing the Line Ceremony 1955; Ngoma, Nyasaland; African dancing,,Utete, Tanganyika. Kruger National Park;

Production ...