John Hooper weighs up the tobacco industry in Rhodesia - interviews with farmers and black workers about the working relationship; the sorting and grading of the product; auctions in Salisbury; interviews with the auction floor manager ...
John Hooper interviews the General Manager of Bulawayo Railways about economics and freight from the north of the country to the ports; talks to the Operations Manager; mechanised workshops; reconditioning wagons; changing from steam to ...
A REPORT ON THE REFERENDUM OF JUNE 20TH ON THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS IN RHODESIA>
An interview with Rekayi Tangwena, leader of the Tangwena Tribe, whi have been ordered out of the Eastern District by the Rhodesian Government.
A report on the annual congress of the Rhodesian Front from September 1967.
Harold Wilson talks with Robin Day about the recently imposed sanctions on oil exports to Rhodesia.
Standard travelogue - family accompany father on a business trip to Rhodesia - all the usual sites are visited.
Army recruiting advertisement.
A man shown working in a machine shop wants more from life and, following the example of a friend, joins the Army - cut to character as RE mechanic, HQ ...
Portrait of the British forces helping to defend Aden.
Behind the tranquillity of the Aden coast (sunbathing on beach) are the "jagged dangerous mountains where Federal Arab Troops stand guard against rebels" (hill ...
Report in two sections.
1. Interviews on the hustings with Kenyatta and Ngala do not reveal the tribal animosity which reporter considers is the crucial factor in dividing the African vote between KANU and KADU. KANU ...
Report on Trinidad one year after independence focuses on the possibility that political life may develop along racial lines as has happened in nearby British Guiana.
Island is at present governed by Dr Eric Williams ...
Creation of Malaysian Federation has incensed Dr Sukarno who considers this grouping of former British colonies a neo-colonialist plot which thwarts his ambitions for territorial expansion .
Recent violent anti- ...
Interviews with a district commissioner, oil executive, student union leader and girl teacher form the basis of this report on the attitudes of African Kenyans outside politics who are typical of the people who will ...
Report marking the end of British rule in Malta uses a survey of the island's history and interviews with Maltese leaders to suggest the course of future developments and to explain why the Labour Party boycotted the ...
Report in two sections: interviews with Southern Rhodesians, followed by a brief international survey of railway problems.
1. Interviews with Southern Rhodesians recorded before the announcement of Britain's decision ...
The Royal tour of West Africa, taking in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia.
Report ignores the political controversy which the visit aroused and concentrates on formal ceremonies, displays of tribal dancing and ...
Report examines Gibraltar's precarious economic situation and the Rock's strategic importance to Britain.
Too small for industry, declining in importance as a passenger and trade sea-port, dependent on hostile Spain ...
Report on the present political uncertainty in Kenya and on the reactions of whites to the prospect of independence, based on interviews with politicians and settlers.
Continued detention of Kenyatta is the main ...
Report on the political outlook in Kenya following the release from detention of Jomo Kenyatta.
Kenyatta is described as the undisputed leader of Kenya's six million Africans although the split between the two main ...
Report shows how Britain's prompt response to Kuwait's request for military assistance has apparently saved this wealthy state from invasion by Iraq.
C-in-C Air Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy describes the rapid build ...
Effect of British semi-withdrawal from Malta.
Changes in British strategic policy and the development of new weapons have largely contributed to the run-down of service bases on Malta, which is thus deprived of its ...
Kenya government's Land Development and Settlement Board scheme to encourage Africans to return to the land and farm small five to ten acre plots is forcing large landowners in scheduled areas to sell up . Two such farmers, an English settler living ...
Report tries to assess the possible effect on Malayan society if Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo and Singapore unite to form the Federation of Malaysia.
Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman says the purpose of the plan is ...
The Duke of Edinburgh's South American tour.
Specific aim of tour was to discover opportunities for British business in this potentially wealthy continent which Britain helped develop last century, but which has ...
Report on the political and economic condition of Sierra Leone tries to assess the way the country will develop.
State is described as peaceful and democratic and the Governor General Sir Maurice Dorman says it "got ...
The attitudes of leading Singaporean politicians and businessmen towards the possible merger of Singapore with the Federation of Malaya.
Present prosperity of Singapore derives from her importance as the financial ...
Proposed new constitution which British Government is considering for Protectorate of Swaziland will give half the seats in the new Legislative Council to 7000 European settlers and the other half to 250,000 Swazis.
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Report on "Operation Noah" and on efforts to tackle another ecological problem created by the construction of the Kariba Dam, the spread of a floating water fern.
Wildlife is being stranded on small islands behind ...
Report on how British forces are countering Dr Sukarno's efforts to undermine the new Federation of Malaysia.
Indonesia has failed to disrupt the Malaysian economy (interview with Singapore Finance Minister who says ...
Report from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, follows the apparently similar working day of a middle-class white, a butcher, and a middle-class African, a brewery representative, then lets a group of whites and a group of ...
A retrospective compilation of news stories of 1965.
a. Punch-up in the Irish Republic between police and supporters of the banned IRA. b. Viet Cong film of military action in Vietnam. c. Traditional ball at Vienna ...
Report in three sections.
1. Shop assistant in New York store selling various bugging devices describes and demonstrates some of his gadgets which monitor telephone calls undetected and pick up conversations through ...
Report in two sections.
1. Film of the specialised jungle warfare training which US conscripts receive before being posted to Vietnam. After basic training, soldiers are taught how to search a typical native house ...
Report in three sections.
1. Report on the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference which discussed the Rhodesia crisis. Belief of the majority of delegates that the UDI problem "can only be solved by force" is ...
Report in two sections.
1. Report investigates local reactions to the killing by ZANU terrorists of a white couple in the farming district of Hartley. Neighbours appear fearless, and determined not to renounce their ...
Report in two sections.
1. Recent judgement of the International Court at The Hague that Ethiopia and Liberia had no right to bring a case against South Africa's control of South West Africa will in effect enable Dr ...
Views of the C-in-C Middle East, Secretary General of the South Arabian League, Acting High Commissioner and various British civilians in Aden on the colony's future after independence.
Admiral Sir Michael Le Fanu ...
Report in two sections.
1. Assessment of the politics and personality of Vorster and their probable effect on the future of South Africa. A former pro-Nazi and lawyer who as Minister of Justice was responsible for ...
Report in three sections.
1. British Gurkha troops guard against Indonesian infiltration in Borneo. Soldiers are seen at a front camp receiving supplies dropped from a Beverly, on patrol in the jungle, and preparing ...
Report in two sections.
1. The effect of sanctions on Rhodesian politics. Sanctions against Rhodesia have had unexpected economic and psychological effects, according to a Salisbury stockbroker who says that blockade ...
Report in two sections.
1. Story of the attempt by two Britons to row across the Atlantic which ended when their specially built and well-equipped 15 and a half ft. boat capsized. Probability is that Puffin was ...
Report in two sections.
1. Inauguration of the Volta Dam by Nkrumah. President warns against the "encroachments of neo-colonialism" and indeed his recent remarks on this subject account for the absence of Mrs. ...
Report in three sections.
1. Background to the fighting in Kashmir. Indian forces have now crossed the UN ceasefire line and are seen on patrol, counting enemy dead and manning check-points in Srinagar. Gouma Nkala ...
Report in three sections.
1. Terrorist campaign to force Britain to grant Aden independence before 1968 has spread from the Radfan Mountains where the Army and RAF have been attacking rebel positions to Qatar City ...
Report in two sections.
1. Report on the military tension on the border between Sikkim and China reveals the vulnerability of the small Indian protectorate. Film of a few Chinese soldiers with cameras gives no ...
Report in two sections.
1. Report on the likely consequences for Rhodesia if the London negotiations end in deadlock and Prime Minister Smith makes a unilateral declaration of independence. UDI would be treason, ...
Report examines the reaction of white Rhodesians to Ian Smith's rejection of Wilson's proposals for an independence settlement and also shows that the effect of sanctions on the standard of living of Smith's supporters has ...
Report in two sections.
1. Interview with Garfield Todd, who is under house arrest, and partial coverage of a news conference given by his gaoler Ian Smith. Former Prime Minister is pessimistic about Rhodesia's ...
