Great Britain

Kenya, 1950. A white policeman takes in a murdered black priest's son to live with him and his wife as a houseboy, or "kitchen toto".

Great Britain

A famous murder case among Kenya's British colonial society in the 1940s.

USA

The story of Karen Blixen, who wrote under the name of Isak Dinesen about her experiences in Kenya. She moves to Africa with her husband, investing all her money in a farm which is ultimately unprofitable. Her marriage of convenience deteriorates, ...

Great Britain

Drama set in Kenya. Two American cowboys are recruited by a British rancher to help him in a project involving the capturing and taming of wild animals and by breeding new stock to provide a source of food. The object is to halt the ...

GB

RAF publicity film and travelogue, ostensibly shot be a ground engineer, and amateur cine enthustiast, who also narrates.

A ground engineer with the Royal Air Force shows some pictures he "has taken recently". Ground ...

Marsh Collection

On safari in Kenya, and various shots taken in Amsterdam, Devon, Aberdeen and Vienna.

ROVING REPORTGreat Britain

The first election in Kenya; interviews with R.G. Ngala, Jomo Kenyatta and Thomas Joseph Mboya.

Great Britain

A detailed study of African town and village life showing the work of the Methodist Mission in three main areas, Nairobi, the highlands and the coastal region, commemorating 100 years of Methodism in Kenya.

Great Britain

A British student re-visits his sister in Africa. A remembered safari in Uganda is contrasted with a subsequent safari through Kenya and Zanzibar showing the vast differences in terrain, in the colouring of animals and in the wild life. ...

PATHE NEWSGreat Britain

Includes: Nairobi: independence for Kenya.

Great Britain

The work of the British Red Cross at home and at its overseas branches in Hong Kong, Kenya and Uganda.

GB

I. Guildhall welcome ceremony for the Queen and Prince Philip on their return from their 3-month tour of Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. Among those present are Macmillan, Duncan Sandys, the Lord Mayor of London and Commonwealth representatives. ...

Marsh Collection

Safaris in Kenya north of Mombasa, and the Royal Show

ROVING REPORTGreat Britain

Racial conflict in Kenya.

FEDERAL SPOTLIGHTCentral African Federation

Mennen Williams Tours Federation - native dancing.

K.A.R. Farewell Parade - Glyn Jones present.

News in Brief, baby clinic, open day at farm, Ndola's rag week, polo championships.

Hockey - ...

Great Britain

Wildlife adventure in an African game reserve.

LABOUR PARTY POLITICAL BROADCASTGreat Britain

PROPAGANDA. A Party Political Broadcast for the Labour Party introducing various speakers from different parts of Africa, introduced by Woodrow Wyatt. Featuring Dr. J.G. Kiano of Kenya, Guy Clutton-Brock of ...

Great Britain

Three men doing different kinds of work done by Christian missionaries in Kenya. First man is a missionary doctor on safari in coastal region. Second man, Peter Kittell, running a model farm in Kenyan highlands. The third man, Charles Tett ...

GB

'Adventure' film and indirect recruiting appeal for the British Army.

Two soldiers, Jeff Woodley and Kip Dormer, relax with their girlfriends on Silver Sands beach, Mombasa. To refute the girls' belief that the Army ...

EAST AFRICA'S EXPANDING INDUSTRIESGreat Britain

The history of coffee-growing and a detailed description of the coffee industry in East Africa.

First shown in Nairobi in March 1959, the film was made on location throughout East Africa, including ...

Great Britain

Tribal life in Kenya; local religions; educational, medical and other activities of the Methodist Church.

Williams Collection

3 x Edited films. 'Local leave': record of holiday journey through East Africa. Map shows journey: from Uganda through Kenya, and back to Uganda via Tanganyika. Train Journey - Kampala - Nairobi - Mombasa. Fort Jesus. Zanzibar: ...

Deals with the mission of an engineer who has to build a railway in the African jungles aftet two of his colleagues have gone missing.

Backed by Columbia since 1953, Irving Allen and Albert (Cubby) Broccoli’s Warwick Film Productions ...

EAST AFRICA'S EXPANDING INDUSTRIESGreat Britain

Traces the history of the development of the production of the hard fibre, sisal, and shows growth and processing, and finally the many uses of the fibre. Sisal is one of the greatest industries of East ...

RHODESIAN SPOTLIGHTCentral African Federation

Buy Federal - exhibition in Salisbury.

The Fourth in Ten Months - Lord Dalhousie opens LLewllyn Hospital, Kitwe.

One of the Lucky Ones - lottery winner.

Who Were They? - archaeological ...

Great Britain

Documentary. Tracing the road from French Equatorial Africa to Kenya.

Fort Lhani(?) French Equatorial Africa to British East Africa by road. The Vanana(?) tribe `beehive' buildings, central granary building, people fishing, a tomb. ...

Great Britain

Shows traditional methods of pottery making, basket weaving, the making of hunti ng weapons, boat building and ceremonial dances in East Africa.

Kenya

Young adventuress' machinations and final doom while fortune hunting in darkest Africa.

Kenya

Documentary on wild animals in Kenya's game reserves. The film's underlying pur pose is to gain support for the idea of nature conservation.

Silk Collection

Travel diary shot by Mr Silk during his farewell tour of Africa after leaving his job as Agricultural Officer in Ghana. Tour begins in Cairo.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Silk was an Agricultural Officer on the Gold Coast between ...

Great Britain

Story of an Englishman involved with the Mau Mau in Kenya.

Great Britain

Historical introduction (tea in China, its arrival in Europe, etc.) followed by the presentation of tea industry in East Africa; plucking, growing, blending, packing, exports, etc.

Great Britain

The participants of and shots of the Kenya Himal Chuli expedition of 1955.

Shot of the Himal Chuli (Himalchuli Mountain) in Nepal. The Participants - John Howard and the photographer of the expedition Arthur Firmin and John Lane, ...

Leaving from Swiss (?) airport (Swiss flag flying), followed by views from airplane of coastline. East African local flora: collecting seeds by shaking tree and the seeds 'exploding' off. Sisal production process including farming, separating, drying ...

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 ...

Great Britain

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 ...

BBC NEWSGreat Britain

BBC NEWSGreat Britain

A Garden Party in Nairobi for the 80 delegates (representing 50 Empire and Commonwealth legislatures) visiting Nairobi for the Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

South Africa

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. ...

Amateur footage of Harvard and Lincoln planes operating in Kenya. The film includes images of a bombing raid over the Nyambeni Forest.

Filmed from inside the cockpit of a plane, the colour footage initially shows a plane taking off. The film ...

TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain

Scenes in heavily guarded courtroom as Jomo Kenyatta and five other Mau Mau leaders were tried and sentenced.

TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain

Europeasn are armed in Nairobi, now a "special area"; increased precautions against the Mau Mau.

Great Britain

AMATEUR/INTEREST. Kenyan landscapes and wildlife.

Trees, green hills and lake, medium shot of elephants, herd of elephants on plain with car in middle, gazelle, birds, medium shot of giraffe, gazelle, zebra, medium shot of rhino by ...

Great Britain

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

TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain

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.

Great Britain

A visit to the bush area on the outskirts of Kenya, with glimpses of sisal making and wild game.

Great Britain

Story of the efforts of a Game Warden in East Africa to preserve wild animals in his territory.

Where No Vultures Fly is a dramatisation of Mervyn Cowie’s struggle to set up a Kenyan National Park. Just like ...

USA

In 1897 Africa, a famous guide agrees to help a woman and her brother search for her husband in unknown territory they find the skeleton in the mines, and are rescued from a wild native.

This adaptation of H. Rider Haggard’s  ...