Scenes in Sierra Leone
Production / Donor Details: Films taken by John Birch. In the 1950s the John and Daphne Birch were mainly in Sierra Leone, where he was head of Unilever, and also held a position on the Legislative Council; ...
Jean and Ronald Haines picture wild animals in their natural surroundings in the bushland of Uganda.
Documents the co-operative work of the Christian Church in the Federation of Malaya.
Film about the Dunlop Rubber Co's worldwide activities, particularly in its 13 rubber estates in Malacca. The film looks at the amenities on the estate and the anti-bandit security measures.
Introduced as a story of 'British achievement in the ...
TRAVELOGUE. The Malay Archipelago and Borneo.
Romantic drama set in Hong Kong. Story of the ill-fated love of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor.
Travel short about a Merchant Navy engineer who calls at Hong Kong, Bangkok and other Eastern cities prior to accepting a berth in the Orient.
AMATEUR FILM
Reel 1: Aerial view of Malaysia from plane; Kuala Lumpar; Kuala Lumpar airport; taking off in a Beever Aircraft and interiors during flight; aerial view; KUANTAN AIRPORT: landing and airport buildings; aerial views of coast; DUNGAN ...
Cinemagazine chronicling the change and progress taking place in the Gold Coast. Contains the following items: Co-Operative Day in Accra Mr. Adlai Stevenson's Visit The Premium Bonds Campaign Nigeria v. Gold Coast Football Match
Travelogue, showing the buildings, people and wildlife of Nairobi.
Over shots of modern Nairobi, the commentator outlines the transformation of the city under British rule over the previous fifty years. The film highlights the 'modern colonial ...
Oil rig fire extinguished by Myron Kinley.
Shows cadets of many nations training at the Federation of Malaya's Military Academy.
Organisation and methods of the police service in Singapore, exemplified in the story of four men who steal a diamond ring from a village and are finally captured by scientific methods, smart detection and public information. Includes footage of ...
Publicity film for Fiji aimed at tourists in Australia, England and the USA.
Fiji from the areoplane. Brief history using re-enactments. Scenes of life (schools, radio station, shops, corn fields, coconut harvest). Extension of runways at Nandi. ...
Tour around Cyprus, local customs and living conditions, and aspects of modern l ife.
During General Sir Gerald Templer's farewell tour of RAF Station, Kuala Lumpur, he visits 848 Squadron and says a few words to the assembled officers.
General Templer and ...
The visit of the Military Governor Algeciras to Admiral Sir Michael Denny, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.
Spanish minesweeper Guadalorce enters Gibraltar Naval Harbour accompanied by two ...
Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Mediterranean) holds his first Area Commanders' meeting at HAFMED, Malta.
Various Area Commanders and other Chiefs of Staff arrive, ...
HMS Tyne at Gibraltar. Beating the Retreat.
Long and close-up shots of complete band. CUs of individual bandsmen. Royal Marines bandsmen are in helmets, the "Dukes" in caps.
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Aerial views of jungle terrain filmed from one of the helicopters of 848 Squadron.
Aerial views of jungle-covered hills. The tops of the ridges are obscured by a dense cloud layer which the ...
Ships of the Mediterranean Fleet in Malta after Combined Fleet Exercises.
Shots taken from Marino Pinto onto Grand Harbour show Maltese dghaisa (dghajsa) bringing libertymen ashore; HMS Tyne ...
Scenes in and around Malta during Combined Fleet Exercises, Mediterranean 1955.
Combined Fleet formed up prior to entering Grand Harbour. Harbour entrance and Valletta. Firing the Royal ...
On 23rd January 1955, HMS Superb on passage from Kingston, Jamaica to Callao in Peru passed through the Panama Canal.
Superb approaches Gatun Lock from Cristobal and passes through the locks ...
HMS Tyne at Malta during Combined Fleet Exercises.
Flag Officers arrive on board HMS Tyne at Grand Harbour, Malta. FO's meeting in C-in-C's Dining cabin.
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Rehearsal of Fleet concert party. "Blue Jackets" band of HMS St Angelo marches down Kingsway, Valletta; crowd lines street. Street Lining party provided by Malta shore establishments takes up positions in Kingsway. Band and ...
Visit of Sir Anthony Eden and CIGS (Field Marshal Harding) to 848 Squadron RN, Malaya.
(Reel 1) Display of trooping lifting and parachute techniques evolved by the Royal Navy and the SAS. Sir ...
Investiture at HAFMED, Malta.
Vice-Admiral James A Fife, USN (Deputy C-in-C Allied Forces Med) presents decorations on behalf of US government to four British officers (for service in Korea), ...
Queen's Birthday Parade, Mauritius, taken from HMS Gambia. No details.
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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI records.
(Taken in HMAS Quadrant.) Destroyers in line astern and ahead; fleet forming up; fleet dressed overall at entrance to Singapore Roads.
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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - ...
The informal visit of Vice-Admiral R A Ofstie USN to Malta, July 1955.
Fort St Elmo fires salute as USS Salem (US Sixth Fleet) passes breakwater. HMS Sheffield fires salute in Grand Harbour. ...
(Part 1) (a) Visit to Grand Turk Island: cable parties prepare to enter harbour, pilot comes on board. Shot from bridge. Quartermaster sounds by hand lead line. Port anchor goes - cable running out. Commissioner arrives on ...
Visit of Commander-in-Chief, Italian Naval Forces to Malta, July 1955.
(Part 1) Italian flagship Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi fires salute as Vice-Admiral Vittorio De Pace (C-in-C) ...
"HMS Birmingham. Ceremony of the Keys at Gibraltar, December 1955." (Taken from CNI records.)
HMS Birmingham enters Algiers firing national salute; returned by shore batteries. C-in-C Med and ...
A party for British children onboard HMS Forth, submarine depot ship at Malta.
LA.LS from quayside to HMS Forth alongside - a huge Father Christmas figure has been erected as if in the act of ...
Naval publicity short featuring the Sea Hawks of 806 NAS onboard HMS Centaur in the Mediterranean. The emphasis is on the aerobatic skill of the pilots rather than any more martial qualities ...
I. AA Defence of ships. LA.MS of twin 40mm AA as it trains and fires - destroyer's funnel in the background, frame right. MS in rear of 6x40mm on aircraft carrier - mounting trains and fires.
II. Aerial MLSs of HMS Eagle underway with escorting ...
I. MS sequence showing a whaler under oars in Grand Harbour, Malta, and HA shot as whaler is lowered from davits on cameraship, and boat falls made up. Boat's crew bear off, are cast loose and ship oars.
II. Sequence showing two whalers under ...
0-400 A. Tame monkey: Ant hill: Tracks in jungle: Ferry across river: Ju-Ju dolls: Native fete: Coco Palms: Market in village: native huts in village: Cattle: Ferry: River scene: River side village: Pineapples ...
0-400 E. Trials personnel arriving at Port Harcourt Airport: Scenes at airport: Railway: Native Dwellings: Marking out trials area: Recoilless gun being emplaced: Firing shell burst and cloud passage: Second ...
0-400 H. Building Operations: Living Quarters: Vehicles: Field Guns: General views of living quarters and laboratory: Vehicles moving to trial site: Canoes on river: Natives canoeing: River launch: Carpenters ...
The visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their world tour on 24th Novemebr 1953.
Story of Arab traders' seduction of Galana tribesmen from their peaceful ways and the efforts of a game warden to bring them back.
A rare sequel from Ealing Studios, and a collaboration with the South African company, the ...Education for rural children in Northern Rhodesia, both white and black.
Amateur film. The first section of the film includes shots of giraffes, elephants, a river with raging torrents, flowers, the Karamojan tribe dancing, a hunted animal dying. Also includes film of young men being circumcised. A pool of blood lies on the ...
Travelogue of Jamaica.
The wealth which its timber brings to the Gold Coast.
Work of Missionary International House for overseas students in London, the theme being that there is no colour bar of racial discrimination. Includes footage of the House in Bayswater, and overseas students (mainly African) boarding there ...
Documentary on the dependencies of Mauritius, the islands of Rodriguez and Diego Garcia and the social and economic life of the islands.
