The General arrives at Kuala Lumpur to take over as High Commissioner of Malaya, and is greeted and shown the secretariat by deputy McGillivray.

The people of Malaya celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953.

The film opens with shots of fireworks and evening celebrations, showing signs reading ‘Long Live Our Queen& ...

Life in Malaya during the Emergency.

Jungle scenes during the Communist uprising. A rubber planter and his lifestyle in the Emergency. Tapping rubber and guarding against guerrilla attacks. Driving into Kuala Lumpur by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recital of heroic defence of Malta in 1942.

TV play about the lives of West Indian immigrants in Britain.

Dramatisation of the Bakiga people's attempt to cultivate the Kigezi district of Uganda, and their encounter with the Pygmies.

The camera zooms in on a map to an area marked Kigezi. As crowds gather, 'the soldier' reads an article ...

Young African witnesses a pocket picking and helps the police, is impressed by the police and decides to join. He undergoes training and is seen on patrol in the bush.

Local land inspector looks at farmer's land where poor farming methods by the "mostly idle" blacks has led to erosion. The women are coerced into carrying out conservation work and are pleased at the improvements in the crops.

Dramatised advertising film for Lux toilet soap intended for African audiences.

The film opens with an African man sitting and playing guitar while two African women sit at his feet and sing in turn. The African man is next shown in his car ...

The background to the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya and steps being taken to suppress it.

The film opens with dramatised footage of a village being burned and its inhabitants slaughtered by Mau Mau terrorists. ...

No titles available. Depicts opening ceremony of Mbereshi Hospital, N. Rhodesia, 11/01/1958. Also shows work of the hospital and medical work in the surrounding areas. Possibly duplicates parts of the LMS film 'Build a Hospital'(minus sound).

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

Escort for HM Queen Elizabeth II, May 1954, in final stages of Commonwealth Tour: Mediterranean.

(Part 1) From HMS Britannia, 2nd May. (Part 2) From HMS Eagle, 2nd May. (Part 3) From HMS ...

Activities of men of the Mediterranean Fleet around Malta and Gibraltar, April 1954.

Mediterranean Fleet Clearance Diving Team arrives at Luqa Airport to travel to Gibraltar as an evolution. ...

The Mediterranean Fleet at Gibraltar, April 1954.

Mediterranean Fleet and French Destroyer Squadron leave harbour at Gibraltar for combined exercises in the Mediterranean before their visit ...

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 ...

I. Opening ceremony onboard the Sea Scouts Guardship TS Egmont in Malta. C-in-C Mediterranean, Admiral Lord Mountbatten (who was also Chief Scout) comes onboard with Lady and Pamela Mountbatten. He inspects the ship. Countess ...

Ships of the Mediterranean Fleet (HMS Glasgow, HMS Gambia, HMS Manxman) leave Grand Harbour and submarines leave Msida Creek for the Coronation celebrations.

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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has ...

NATO commanders meet at HQ in Lascaris, Malta.

Allied Commanders-in-Chief gather at NATO HQ at Lascaris in Malta to discuss "matters of common interest". Seen arriving are Admiral Mountbatten ...

Story of adventures of group of white people in building railway from Mombasa to Uganda in 1880.

A party from HMS Protector and men of the Falkland Islands Defence Force participate in a memorial ceremony at the Battle of the Falklands Memorial in Port Stanley.

Detachment ...

This is a tribute to the British Army which shows troops off duty in Malta, Tripoli, Suez and Malaya, including shots of a Malayan jungle patrol.

Independence Day celebrations in Malaya, 31 August 1957.

Over shots of government buildings, the British voiceover introduces the film; ‘The eve of Independence, we decorate our towns and await our great moment ...

Amateur film without titles shot by 2nd Lieutenant Richard House during his National Service while serving with the Royal East Kent Regiment (the Buffs) in Aden records on and off-duty scenes, including Trooping the Colour and the Moslem festival of ...

Reel 1: (Tin marking: Assam) Gurkha and Sikh troops with British officers at camp. Floods and storm damage to buildings.

Reel 2: (Tin marking: Ronnie)

Reel 3: (Tin marking: Aero - Supplies and Recce)

Reel 4: (Tin marking: Assam, ...

The work of a copper mine in Northern Rhodesia. Examines the geology of Rhodesia and shows how and where the mines were constructed. Looks at the work of the African mining teams and their supervision by Europeans. Shows the various mining and copper ...

I. A 3-in-1 whaler is lowered from HMS Victorious; slings are unhooked and removed. Whaler under oars in medium sea. LA MS track down starboard side of Victorious (R.38) in harbour - near stern, whaler is hooked on ready for hoisting. Scimitar and ...

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

Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma relinquishes command in the Mediterranean, December 1954.

Admiral Mountbatten arrives at Customs House Steps. Sir Robert Laycock (Governor of Malta) ...

Colonial Secretary Mr Oliver Lyttelton is interviewed following his return from a visit to Malaya.

Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton visits Mau Mau territory and meets the senior chief of the Kikuyu tribe. Mr Lyttelton is interviewed upon his arrival at London Airport, principally about the Mau Mau.

Comedy. Mr. Mensah entrusts the building of his house to his irresponsible nephew, who wastes all the money and materials. The situation is retrieved when Mr Mensah takes part in a government scheme that provides locals with free building ...

Mulenga is hired to do odd jobs in the grounds of a big house. However, another employee deviously tries to spoil Mulenga's chances of holding on to his position. When their employer learns of the plot, the scheming rival is dismissed, and ...

Mulenga visits Lake Malawi and meets misfortune at every turn.

Murut agriculture in Borneo in 1954-55.

Advertising film for Sunlight household soap.

Maps of Uganda Protectorate, showing Entebbe. Various scenes - at dockside; markets; native troops; dance and masking. Journey upcountry with porters and assistants - surveying? Snake in tent; drawing water. Swimming. Further ...

Various scenes in the Bahamas, possibly including surveying? Swimming leisure; Car racing. Carnival.

Scenes in the Bahamas. Surveying. Visit of Duke of Edinburgh. Leisure, swimming, snorkeling.

Rural countryside by the River. Village life with women grinding millet and dancing. Village musciens with their drums.

Village wrestling competition. Village blacksmith working with his assistant operating the bellows ...

Ceremonial meeting by Governor with Chiefs and the making of awards.

Agricultural Show. Demonstration of new types of bullock carts and of their uses. 'Business Meeting ' in a tented encampment in the country with local ...

Royal Visit by Duke of Edinburgh to Conference of Chiefs in Rural setting. Formal speech by the Duke. Visit to Agricultural Show by the Duke. Extended sequence of Agricultural show held at the site of "Jendi Rice" experimental farm ...

Water fowl shooting in waters of a creek.

Oil-rig operating from pontoon in creek. The rig and its winch with crew in action.

Transporting felled tree trunks by river ferry (HMCS Jarga). Loading and unloading ...

British Colonial bungalow in the countryside with African servants. Government maintenance depot in the country. Shuttle weaver working on making of nets.

'Green Man', dances ritual dance around village followed by young men ...

Rhodesian Centenary Exhibition, including the visit of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Also footage of Rhodes' tomb.

Production / Donor Details: Films Shot by Leslie Matisonn