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Discussion on democracy in Australia, Rhodesia, Northern Ireland and particularly India.
About the wildlife of the Seychelles Islands and the efforts that are being made to protect both the islands and ...
INTEREST. A woman potter from the Quambo tribe of northern South-West Africa is seen at work. She works smoking a ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. A compilation film purporting to be a journey through Africa, using stock footage, and extracts from non-fiction and ...
INTEREST. Journey through the Niger Delta in Nigeria from Onitsha.
No titles. Travelling shot from boat of river bank at Onitsha ...
Bud Flanagan plays an army private who gets concussion which results in three dreams: 1st - only white man in ...
The story of the meeting, in Africa, of two men who find that they were the husband and lover of ...
INTEREST. A film on the Gold Coast [Ghana], including a record of the 1946 Ashanti Durbar at Kumase.
RL.1 The town ...
Deals with the Royal Tour of West Africa. (Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gam bia). Commentary spoken by Anthony Quayle. ...
TRAVELOGUE.
Rl. 1. Aerial shot of Lagos; Ibadhan - University College Hospital; fishing village near Port Harcourt; village funeral rite; village ...
Adventure with natives and enemy spies in darkest Africa.
The Dudley family sail to Nigeria by passenger ship in 1957, and drive by car to their residence up-country. The ...
Various scenes in The Gambia
Production / Donor Details: Mr Dudley joined the Colonial Office after WW2 and was sent to ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. How men of the Barotse tribe make and use a dug-out canoe.
Two Africans begin to fell a tree with ...
Whilst visiting XV Indian Corps area in Arakan (Burma) the Duke of Devonshire pays a visit to the ...
Scenes from the Army Exhibition in Nairobi in September 1944. The film depicts African and European schoolboys inspecting ...
Sixteen African chiefs, the heads of tribes represented in 11th East African Division fighting in Burma, are received ...
Leaving from Swiss (?) airport (Swiss flag flying), followed by views from airplane of coastline. East African local flora: collecting ...
Shot in Uganda, this film deals with the activities of Makerere College, which provides higher education for Africans from all ...
During a savage Mahdi attack on Barash under Victorian British rule, Richard Baker, thrice demoted sergeant, rescues an English governess, ...
INTEREST. Archaeological dig in Egypt and exhibits at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Archaeological dig in progress: Egyptians working under supervision ...
INTEREST. The sights of Egypt and a review of troops.
Main title (5). "PORT SAID A STATUE OF THE COUNT DE ...
Tinted titles. "1B Tulun and Mohammed" "Ali Mosques" "Citadel. Dervishes" "Pyramids. Sphinx" "Luxor, Karnak and Thebes" - street scenes taken ...
"Opening of Pump Scheme - Governor and District Commissioners" - British officials, Egyptians, band. "Sudan Defence Force - Kaid Inspecting ...
9th Sudanese regiment marching across the Omdurman Battlefield. Abu Hamed Railway Station; shipwreck; sandstone quarries at the narrowest part of ...
1980 elections in Rhodesia.
Travelogue. Commander Glen Kidston's trip to Africa, including a safari and a visit to a plantation.
No titles. LS of docks ...
ACTUALITY. City Imperial Volunteers, carrying rifles and equipment, clamber up the gangway of a troopship at the foot of which ...
The Emir's palace and town street scenes in Zaria, Nigeria
SIR BRYAN * SHARWOOD-SMITH> KNIGHTS THE EMIR OF KANO, ALHAJI MUHAMMADU * SANUSI>
One of Uganda's native kings salutes the Union Jack during an Empire Day ceremony in South Africa. Film supplied by ...
THE EFFECTS OF SANCTIONS ON THE RHODESIA> TOBACCO> INDUSTRY
Kenya. A District Development Team tackles disease, bad farming methods and ignorance.
RECONSTRUCTION. Faked Boer War incident.
View from behind the "Boer" position as they fire with rifles and a small cannon against ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Scots' Guards march through the market place in Bloemfontain.
Foot soldiers carrying pick-axes or rifles march (R-L) past ...
An inside account of the struggle waged by FRELIMO against Portuguese colonialism. Also relates the support given to Portugal by ...
Procession involving the Etsu of Nupe; shots of life in the town of Bida, Nigeria
British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two ...
After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, ...
DOCUMENTARY. Extract showing scenes of an African native funeral, in which women dance around the seated corpse (43-162); a montage ...
Propagandic film extolling the wonderful life and achievements of Rhodesia. Emphasis is on united Rhodesians, with footage of them in ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. A railway journey in Northern Tanzania (?) and waterfalls on the River Pangani.
No main title. Filmed from the ...
A travelogue taking the form of a car journey through the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
A car with luggage on ...
Si-Mohammed-Ben-Moktar sending out invites to great falcon hunt.