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"London, Houses of Parliament, `cameos of the Caribbean' Way out on the Spanish main, where Drake and his sea-dogs chased ...
[Compilation tape.] 00.00 Calypso song on war in Anguilla. 03.35 Russian news report (in Russian). 10.28 Censorship Interview - Michael ...
The building of Falklands Airport.
Adventures of Trinidad night-club dancer and brother of her murdered husband in tracking down group of enemy spies responsible for ...
Shows the ecological system based on the Amate fig tree, found in the tropical forests of Belize. The tree in ...
DOCUMENTARY. A report on Anguilla's illegal declaration of independence from the West Indies Associated States.
DOCUMENTARY. Scenes following the quelling, by British troops, of the attempted rebellion in Anguilla; a demonstration; British troops on the ...
DOCUMENTARY. The life of British scientists stationed in Graham Islands in the Falkland Islands Dependencies.
Antigua, the northernmost island of the Leeward islands in the Caribbean. Description of the old English harbour and the scenery. ...
Documentary on the choice of the Atlantic island of Ascension as a tracking station for satellites and rockets and its ...
Construction of settlements on the island during the early 1960s.
Reel 1. The farm on Green mountain. Cows being moved within ...
Documentary about the Ascension Island and its wildlife, and how the latter has adapted since the Island became a military ...
Installation on Ascension Island of a British-built tracking station, with its huge aerial for reception of signals from outer space.
Everyday use of asphalt for roadmaking and roofing are followed by a description of the Pitch Lake at La Brea, ...
The series on independent travel goes on two very different trips to islands in the Atlantic; on the Azores islands ...
DOCUMENTARY. Tourist attractions of the Bahamas and the new properties under construction.
Biography of a banana, from Jamaican plantation to greengrocer's stall.
INTEREST. Cricket match: Barbados defeat the M.C.C.
Report on the Falklands crisis. Llew Gardner reports from Downing Street and Julian Manyon reports from Argentina. Denis Tuohy leads ...
Report on the latest position in the South Atlantic with interviews with Brig. Kenneth Hunt, Jon Connell, Admr. Edward Gueritz, ...
Reports from London and New York on the current state of the Falklands conflict with an interview with Nicaros Mendez ...
Report on the latest developments in the crisis in the South Atlantic with interviews with Jon Connell, Philip Windsor, Dudley ...
DRAMA. Historical/Documentary. The reconstruction of two sea engagements of the First World War - the Battles of the Coronel of ...
Stephen Venables, mountaineer, explores the glaciers of South Georgia.
The future of Belize, former British colony of British Honduras.
Amateur film shot by a local Bahamian cameraman records the life in the Bahamas of the twenty English evacuee schoolboys ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. The island of Bermuda as a holiday resort. Includes the ceremonial handing over of office from one Governor ...
Investigation of a series of murders of people who have paid into a fund to go to the one who ...
Account of the delights of fishing for tuna and other large fish.
First of six current-affairs programmes addressing issues of interest to black people. This edition features Mel B of the Spice ...
INTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.
In the 17th century, the notorious pirate Captain Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica, in return ...
Science documentary series. This programme follows the efforts of a team of experts who, using the latest technology, are searching ...
Story illustrating the work of an Anglican priest in British Guiana, and the shortage of priests there.
The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.
The ...
DOCUMENTARY. A record of Jamaica at the time of its independence.
A record of Trinidad at the time of its independence.
DOCUMENTARY. Dr Cheddi Jagan, Prime Minister of British Guiana, talks about the social and racial problems of the colony and ...
A film addressing the geographical conditions, agriculture, and industries within British Guiana.
A title explains that 'the low marshy coast of ...
HOME MOVIES. Scenes of the sugar cane industry in British Guiana (Guyana).
Sugar cane loaded from boat onto a river bank. ...
Scenes in British Guiana. Local village life; sugar cane plantation work; cattle ranching; forest bird life; Amazonian Indian village; river ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER DIVE BOMBED ALLIED COMMANDERS MEET IN BERLIN BRITAIN'S ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include:
YOUNGEST RACE-HORSE OWNER ICEBOUND BRITAIN SHIVERS PARADE IN ADDIS ABABA OUR ROVING ...
For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: PREMIER TAKES UP REINS AGAIN SOVIET VICTORIES INSPIRE ALLIES GENERAL SIKORSKI'S MEETING WITH ...
Amateur film of Buenos Aires and the Falkland Islands.
Entering Buenos Aires, travelling shot of street scenes in the city, skyscrapers, ...
Jim Hodgson, managing director of British Telecom International, introduces the role of the cable ship `Iris' which was requisitioned during ...