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Looks at early race relations in Britain. Tells the story of a West Indian man as he makes his way ...
Current affairs programmme. Items: Empire foods; Colour bar; South African troubles; B.O.A.C. flowers.
COMPILATION. Collection of `newsfilm' stories located on Orkney.
[No title] Crowds in street with pipers; man addresses crowd; scenes in Kirkwall ...
"This is a brief survey of progress made by the British Government in helping forty separate colonial territories to raise ...
Anthony Eden's Empire tour. The London County Council elections. Food rationing. The Young Conservatives' conference at Filey including a visit ...
ACTUALITY. The 1948 Conservative Party conference: Oliver Stanley's speech on the benefits brought to the colonies by private enterprise and ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include:
F.A. CUP FINAL SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY INDIAN MISSION VISIT TAJ MAHAL EMPIRE RULERS HERE ...
Troops bound for Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade at the Municipal Building ...
Red and white flag of the Indonesian republic flying. Graffiti reads 'Freedom the glory of any nation'. Small pieces of ...
Record footage showing examples of Japanese propaganda circulated in Batavia (Jakarta) during their occupation of the Netherlands East ...
Film showing a number of slogans, posters and graffiti during rising political unrest in Batavia, Dutch East Indies ...
Footage depicting the unsettled political climate in Bandoeng (Bandung) in central Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Slow pan left-to-right ...
BURMA FRONT. COMMANDO LANDING FOR OPERATION AT MAUNGDAW JAP CRUISER DESTROYED BY BOMBING ...
Survey of the British Empire in 1944 and the future problems with which it is likely to be faced.
Opening ...
I. 'BURMA.' British Fourteenth Army M3 Stuart light tanks and soft-skinned vehicles drive along a jungle track during the fighting ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...
The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its ...
For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: ADVANCE INTO SYRIA HEADS NEWS FROM MIDDLE EAST ALLIED TROOPS CROSS SYRIAN BORDER ...
For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: SPRINGBOKS ON LEAVE AIR AFFAIRS IN U.S.A. ROYAL TOUR OF SOUTH WALES EMPIRE ...
Documentary about the food supply of Britain, how it comes from overseas and the work of Royal Navy in protecting ...
Amateur film shot by Guy Wickenden shows the public life and celebrations of the British in pre-1940 Cairo, ...
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth review a parade of RAF personnel in the main street of a ...
Documentary on the development of an air mail service over the British Empire.