ACTUALITY. A record of a visit to South Africa by a group of American tourists during a world tour on ...

Film shot by Sergeant Abbott: Aerial footage; the camera looks through the windscreen of an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft ...

ACTUALITY. Boer War. Native drivers and British soldiers stand by the bank of the river urging on the long teams ...

I. 21 December. Opening with shots of African sappers unloading folding boats from a truck, the film shows the men ...

Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell ...

82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north ...

Opening with a map of the area, the film depicts aspects of village life as local women carry baskets and ...

A dramatised Boer War short made by the Lancashire firm of Mitchell and Kenyon. It shows two Boers sneaking up ...

Nigerian troops on parade; family scenes.

Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial ...

Tour round a market place in Accra, made from COI material taken in the Gold Coast.

An account of the contribution made by the Imperial Tobacco Company towards raising the living standards of many thousands of ...

Gives a picture of the daily life of men and women native students at Achimota College on the Gold Coast, ...

NEWSFILM. Mrs Diana Strickland arrives home after her African motor tour (28ft).

Note: Offcuts under title MRS STRICKLAND HOME (75ft).

EXPEDITIONS. Record of the journey made by film director Walter Summers and his crew in three motor coaches of the ...

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

INTEREST. Section from expedition film, showing the village of Ibandha, and Bakonjo tribal dancing.

No main title. Intertitles (18). Bakonjo people ...

CINEMAGAZINE(?) London scenes round Fleet Street; a brief dramatised history of the British policeman; tribal dances.

No title. View across Fleet ...

No titles. Shots from the same camera viewpoint showing horse-drawn traffic and pedestrians and an electric tram arriving at an ...

Set in Africa just after the Boer war, tells of the journey of four men into the African bush, in ...

"Sir Alan Cobham makes final trials over the River Medway, of the all-metal flying-boat 'Singapore'". Map showing the route to ...

HOME MOVIE. Amateur footage of various localities in Africa, including Victoria Falls and possibly South Africa.

Victoria Falls. Men in pith ...

TRAVELOGUE. 1920s footage of African wildlife with added commentary and Ravel's Bolero.

Wildlife - zebras, ostriches; ostrich shot by man in ...

Travelogue. Scenes of African life. Probably offcuts and clips from different films.

No main title. Street scenes in a North African/Arab ...

Drama set in Kenya. Two American cowboys are recruited by a British rancher to help him in a project involving ...

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

Fort Lhani(?) French Equatorial Africa to British East Africa by road. ...

In this comedy, introduced by 'The Professor', Hugh Cameron appears as an African explorer and filmmaker, who lectures to an ...

Standard tourist film about the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland.

CARTOON. Trigger-happy big game hunter, Flip The Frog, is captured by cannibals. They attempt to cook him in a cauldron. ...

A look at modern life in several south African countries.

An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal ...

INSTRUCTIONAL. View of the village belonging to the Mashona tribe. Cattle and goats are herded through the village. Children play. ...

INTEREST. The behaviour and antics of chimpanzees. Titles (63). Chimpanzee (91). Cherry Kearton and chimp, chimp playing, smoking, drinking tea, ...

An African woman is seen at work hoeing in the maize fields with her baby on her back, and an ...

Wildlife safari to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Portugese East Africa (Mozambique).

INTEREST. Two natives of Southern Rhodesia chop down a tree and make a dug-out canoe from a section of the ...

Natives of the Mashona tribe build a hut from wooden poles, grass and mud, and a family is then seen ...

Intended for African audiences, the films shows the opening of the African Conference in London in September 1948 and the ...

INTEREST. The work of the craftsmen in the Kenyan textile industry and the West African silversmiths and jewellers.

INTEREST. Bead-making and leather-working in West Africa.

An annual race meeting at Maseru, Basutoland.

Introduced as the 'annual native race meeting' at Maseru in Basutoland, the film opens ...

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

Images of Africa including taking car on a raft across a river, elephants, hippos and African women.

INTEREST. Shots of wild animals in East Africa. The water buck (15-122); birds flocking to a water hole (132-155); finches ...

Amateur film. `Once upon a time Africa was a land of Pagan enchantment': landscape; wildlife; village. `Civilisation': white man puts ...

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

Footage of Nandi tribal dancing. Recruiting for the Kings African Rifles. The Turkana tribe preparing meals and dancing. WaTesio dancers, ...

Ethnic scenes in Tanzania, including agricultural practices; tribal dancing of the Wa Matengo and Wa Nyasa.