Travelogue on life and work in Fiji.
Village scenes. The history of Fiji and plantation agriculture. Leased farming. Labasa airport. A steam train. Village schools and markets. Family farms, milking, ploughing. Fertilisers. Sugar, ...
A detailed and comprehensive examination of the developing economies of the Caribbean, specifically the island of St. Lucia and the republic of Guyana on the South American coast.
Begins by looking ...
Holidays in the Caribbean: Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Antigua, Tobago and Trinidad.
An examination of the different aspects of the role of a policeman in Southern Rhodesia through dramatised reconstructions.
A police band marching. A dramatised robbery in which a policeman is shot while trying to apprehend the criminals. ...
Airport with stationary Bahamas Airways air plane. Holiday yachting in Bahamas. Waterways. Moorings. Hotels at the waterside. Snorkelling at off shore reef.
Dolphins performing at Aquarium. Airport with Tri-star airliner. ...
Bahamas Beaches. Coastal scenery. Aquarium with performing seals and dolphins. Golf course with players. Flock of flamingos walking in park.
Beach Club. Sand dredger extracting sand near shore. Tourist enjoying beach holiday ...
Lord and Lady Selkirk visiting native villages (unknown location,most probably Borneo).
Production / Donor Details: The Selkirk collection belonged the late Lord George Douglas Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk from 1926-1987. ...
Footage of game and game reserves.
Shots of Coffee, and Farmers' Study tour of the Southern Highlands. Also Pyrethrum
Trip to Murchison Falls, Uganda, and to Malindi via Mombasa.
An enquiry into taboos, particularly sexual, around the world including scenes of: a bare-breasted Fijian night-club dancer, street scenes in Helsinki, a festival parade in Nagoya and lepers receiving holy communion at a leprosarium in India.
Film showing an army catering section at a camp in British Guiana.
Footage of the soldiers cooking is followed by shots of the canteen; the food being dished out; the site and the area around it; swimming; collecting ...
Aerial MS of HMS Fife (D.20) steaming at sea, with HMS Tiger in the background - the camera aircraft circles across Fife's bows. Cut to Tiger where various of the negotiators are gathered on the quarterdeck - Sir ...
A brief history of telephones worldwide, with a special look at coomunications in Rhodesia.
Outline of the development of Rhodesia, including its industrial development, improvements in education and health service, and the good transport facilities.
HM ships Bossington, Hubberston and Maxton leave HMS Tamar, Hong Kong, on the start of the 80-day voyage back to Britain.
Captain goes up gangway onto HMS Bossington alongside in ...
Actuality: uncut footage, posibly out-takes of events during and surrounding the filming of "Thunderball" in the Bahamas.
Shots of large props including Harrier jet(?) being built; speedboat which separates from larger cruiser. Air ...
Short documentary about RAF Transport Command's regular flights to the Far East narrated by (and starring) Jon Rollason.
Reporter John Rollason, not an RAF man, is booked on a Transport Command Comet to Singapore, ...
Short film with a recruiting aim stressing the importance of the technical grades in the Royal Navy.
The role of the technician in the modern navy is stressed, along with illustrations of various areas: command and ...
The story of Rhodes' influence in Africa. Includes exterior of house where he was born; his grave; African mining towns; Rhodesia and Oxford Colleges(?).
AFRICAN BOYS MAKING WHEELED WIRE TOYS
RAF film on the aircraft and role of Transport Command.
The film shows how aircraft such as the Bristol Britannia, Blackburn Beverley, Handley Page Hastings, De Havilland Comet and Armstrong Whitworth Argosy were ...
A description of the significant changes which have occured in tropical Africa during this century. The contrasts between rural and urban life are shown, and the effects of European influence and the problems of independence. Modern ...
Considers the history and economies of the 3 parts of the federation, the differences between the races, and interviews with Dr. Banda and Roy Welensky.
Hong Kong under the personal supervision of Mr. Norman F.C. Li. Grateful thanks to Mr Wu Chung for meeting the cost of the film the work of the British Red Cross Society Hong Kong Branch on the 100th anniversary of the BRCS and the 12th Anniversary of ...
Compareda and contrasted, Salisbury - Rhodesia and Salisbury - Great Britain.
VHS of a series of still photographs with an accompanying written script. 1. Shots of Zanzibar, including places and buildings of note.
2. Shots of Pemba.
3. Shots of Dhows.
4. Royal Occasions: significant events between 1956 and 1963 ...
Tom and Sukie arrive in Malta to spend the holidays with their father, an archae ologist digging for a legendary golden statue of Calypso on the island of Gozo. He fails to meet the children who mke friends with Jiminy, a Maltese boy, ...
The last meeting of the Board of Admiralty, the Army Council and the Air Council before the three services came under the control of the Ministry of Defence. The first Defence Council meeting and unified operations in practice in Aden.
An area in Swaziland, adjacent to the Great Usutu River, was found to be ideal for planting a vast forest of quick pines. After intensive research a pulp mill of a new type which does not feed any effluent into the river was erected and put into ...
A documentary looking at the transfer of the Batonka people of the Zambezi valley to new homes because of the creation of Lake Kariba. It starts off with footage shot in 1956 and looks at the Batonka tribe, with scenes of village life and a ...
Tells the story of a typical RAF trooping from Brize Norton to Hong Kong, illustrating the work of the Air Movements organisation in its passenger handling role.
Notes
Content information copied from SSVC RAF Catalogue of Training Films & ...
Deals with a group of misfit soldiers of a British garrison near Singapore during the guerilla uprisings of the early 1950s. Based on the novel by Leslie Thomas.
The development and growth of the volcano from the beginning of the eruption in October 1961 until March 1962 when active growth had virtually ceased. The film indicates some of the effects of the volcano on the flora and fauna of the ...
Some aspects of the varied work being done by young volunteers from Britain for Voluntary Service Overseas in social and medical services, particularly in the new countries of Tanzania and Mauritius.
Belize facing a take-over bid by neighbouring Guatemala.
A comparison of weddings in five different places: Esher, Surrey; Colne, Lancashire; Andheri, India; Khegudi, Botswana; and Buk, New Guinea. The film explores the similarities and the differences wedding ceremonies have in different ...
Looks at early race relations in Britain. Tells the story of a West Indian man as he makes his way from the false equality of an England v. West Indies cricket match to the reality of trying to find accommodation ...
Amateur travelogue. Mr. and Mrs. Brown continue their world tour and reach their next destination, the Philippines. They visit Manila and notice the huge gap between rich and poor; they see mansions that are being protected by armed guards, as well as ...
Incomplete film on the role of British forces around the world in the mid 1960s, including a summary of the British units stationed in Gibraltar, Cyprus, North Africa, Aden, Singapore, Hong Kong and Guyana. Ian Mikardo, Labour MP for Poplar, comments ...
Life in the Rhodesia Royal Air Force - the day's routine at an air base, vampire squadron exercises, training for new recruits, bombing training and the Commonwealth exercise "Battler".
Film showing move of 4th Royal Tank Regiment from Edinburgh to Aden. Showing parade of the Regiment at Redford Cavalry Barracks, Edinburgh, departure from Turnhouse airport, and scenes of the Regiment's activities as Middle East Armoured Car Regiment ...
I. HA over the parade ground at Radfan Camp (?), covered in heaps of soldiers' kit - a Wessex helicopter approaches to pick up two cargo nets laden with gear and flies off. LA of Wessex picking up more kit. CUs as ...
Good shots of local children, sailing, donkey race, etc.
Uganda: independence parade. Various floats representing aspects of the country. Fruitbats (?). Gardening. Birdlife. Crossing the Nile by ferry. Torrential rain in garden. Car maintenance.
Production / Donor Details: Ellis ...
Young girl holding baby. Train arriving. Car journey - Kenya. Timboroa (Rift Valley). Crossing the equator. Heavy goods train, carrying cars. Home life. Chameleons. Flowers. Williams' with young African children; Mr. Williams sawing ...
Journey to South Africa. Basutoland.
Production / Donor Details: Ellis and Greta Williams worked for the Government in Uganda from 1949 to independence; Mr. Williams worked at the Treasury, Mrs. Williams as an official ...
Scenes in Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and the UK, 1957-69
Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by Terence Leslie William Windle, private Secretary to Sir John Rankine in Nigeria from 1951 to 1958 and a District Officer in ...
