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British television news report interviews Major Vivian Robinson of Second Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles, presently countering Indonesians crossing into Borneo, ...
Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on ...
7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide ...
7th Gurkha Rifles on parade, patrolling frontier with China, extended interview with bespectacled British officer, assault training, Tavolero Barracks, Gurkhas ...
Amateur film of the 7th Gurkha Rifles on the Kojak Pass and Afghan Frontier near Chaman, officers and wives competing ...
At the RAF's 81 Mobile Field Hospital, operating at Seletar in Singapore, both British servicemen and Japanese prisoners ...
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 ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military ...
Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records scenes of local life in Colombo, Gordon ...
RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.
Landscape view of Kai ...
Life in the Indian Army Unit shown is possibly the 15th Punjab Regiment).
The day begins with reveill and ...
Film showing the resettlement of Chinese squatters from the edge of the Malayan jungle, away from the Communist ...
A general recruiting film for the services which "will all be regulars by the end of 1962".
Opening scenes ...
Amateur footage of scenes in Ethiopia and Addis Ababa at the time of Haile Selassie's coronation, November 1930.
"Leaving Aden". Shots ...
How the Govt. of Singapore has set about the gigantic problem of housing Hong ko ng's swelling population.
The work of the British Red Cross at home and at its overseas branches in Hong Kong, Kenya and Uganda.
Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.
Air ...
The violence against the British presence in Aden and the future of the South Arabian Federation. Llew Gardner spoke to ...
The history of Aden and its importance now as a port and oil refinery. Intended for secondary schools.
TV coverage of Aden in 1959.
TV Coverage of Aden. Prefer to be British? Shots of Ports and Ships.
Reel of rushes of 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on patrol in Aden during the Emergency (with live sound ...