Production footage from LWT of the Rhodesian elections of 1980.
Production footage from LWT of the Rhodesian elections of 1980.
TV dramatisation of the novel by Paul Scott about an elderly English couple who stay on in India after the fall of the Briitsh Raj. Transmitted in 1980
Shows the ecological system based on the Amate fig tree, found in the tropical forests of Belize. The tree in turn is dependent upon the instinctive behaviour of microscopic black wasps, which lay eggs within the fig, which ...
A report and analysis of the Rhodesian elections to be held on 4/3/1980 - the first universal suffrage elections.
1980 elections in Rhodesia.
Wild life documentary filmed on the Falkland Islands about a colony of five million penguins that live there.
Examines two countries, Uganda and Zimbabwe Rhodesia [sic] which are African troublespots. Looks at how the decisions of Africa's rulers effect their people. Looks at how wars and crises create refugee problems.
The story of Alec Smith, son of the Rhodesia Prime Minister, as drop-out, former drug smuggler and addict and his role as as army padre and peacemaker in Zimbabwe
Impressionistic account, without commentary, of day-to-day life onboard HMS Coventry as she sails from Portsmouth to Hong Kong via Singapore.
"Monday 19th May PORTSMOUTH" The destroyer HMS Coventry sets off from ...
Men of the Yorkshire Regiment being interviewed on various locations in Gibraltar.
The men discuss how they came to be in the army and how they like Gibraltar. Scenes of a band parading for the Changing of the Guard, ...
Narrated documentary film depicting the 'Laying of Colours' ceremony of the 1st Battalion Rhodesian Light Infantry on 17/10/80. The occasion marked the disbanding of the Infantry after the establishment of the Republic of Zimbabwe. ...
A look at the Metro-Cammell factory in Birmingham which designs and builds a variety of metro trains, looking in particular at the planning and building of the 'Kowloon Connection', a metro system between Hong Kong and Kowloon. The designing and ...
I. Scenes onboard Royal Navy submarine.
II.Seeking and destroying enemy aircraft by ship launched missile system.
III. Royal Marine Commandos attack and successfully destroy an enemy radar system.
IV.Urgent supplies are ferried by ...
Illustrates the range of base training and field activities of the RAF Tactical Communications Wing, established to provide mobile ground communications to helicopter/Harrier squadrons in forward deployment, and occasionally in locations outside NATO ...