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An ox wagon passes before the camera at some distance; another passes at closer range; a caravan of ox wagons, ...
Amateur footage of the Oxford University expedition to Gambia in 1948. Part 1. Packing the trucks in Oxford and on ...
Filmed amongst the Sura and Angas people of the Bauchi Plateau in Northern Nigeria, where the rivalry between a British ...
INDUSTRIAL. The collection and manufacture of palm nuts and palm oil; travelling shots along the River Niger and its tributaries; ...
Includes an item looking at the progress and deterioration of the conflict in Northern Ireland through the eyes of two ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. 'Phantom ride' taken from a moving train (moving right to left) showing the British encampment at Frere, ...
Includes: Nairobi: independence for Kenya.
Scenes of the Australian (?) army training in the desert in Egypt. Plus extracts from two other films.
Main title (5). ...
Scenes in an African guides camp.
Documentary on the dependencies of Mauritius, the islands of Rodriguez and Diego Garcia and the social and economic life of ...
Amateur footage of a trip from Madagascar to Pemba Island.
The film opens in colour with a French steamer leaving Madagascar ...
By means of a letter addressed to 'the members, Cinema Clubs for Girls and Boys, Great Britain', a young boy ...
Entertainment film for children's cinema clubs.
The World Health Organisation at work in Bolivia, Nigeria and Burma.
Two short publicity films for Phillips bicycles for the West African market.
Various black men on bicycles pointing to leaves(?) sacks(?), ...
Cape Town, Durban and the Victoria Falls in Rhodesia.
Carving wooden pillows. Cutting a suitable branch - a forked section - which is measured, shaped with axe and adze ...
Travelogue of Rhodesia.
The story of a young disabled boy who escapes from his tribe as he is about to be sacrificed because ...
Colour documentary showing the migration of a Barotse tribe from Mongu to Limulunga during the seasonal floods.
The film opens with ...
"Smithers" is sent to Gwelo to investigate business oportunities - then follows an advertising film for Gwelo, tracing its history ...
SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBAL CUSTOMS
Two seamen, just off a ship, are involved in transmitting a package with the proceeds of a robbery. The smuggler ...