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Kenya attained independence in 1963.
Amateur film of a safari in Kenya undertaken by Edward, Prince of Wales (later Duke of Windsor). Dated 1929 and ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...
Programme intended to prompt discussion on East African affairs.
A map of the area introduces a brief demographic and ...
Government information film on East Africa.
A brief historical survey introduces the foreign racial elements - Arab, European and ...
The Jones Collection is made up of films taken by the renowned epidemiologist and expert on tropical disease, Cenydd Richard ...
Amatuer scenes on the journey from Nairobi to Britain via Mombassa, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Madeira taken by ...
Biographical Adventure: The film reconstructs the life of Cherry Kearton. renowned naturalist, traveller and pioneer of cinematography, with excerpts from ...
The King's African Rifles' duties in the northern provinces of Kenya and Uganda are portrayed in a compilation ...
Europeasn are armed in Nairobi, now a "special area"; increased precautions against the Mau Mau.
Scenes in heavily guarded courtroom as Jomo Kenyatta and five other Mau Mau leaders were tried and sentenced.
A celebration of the granting of a Royal Charter to the City of Nairobi, Kenya.
"The City Council of Nairobi presents ...
The first election in Kenya; interviews with R.G. Ngala, Jomo Kenyatta and Thomas Joseph Mboya.
Amateur film. `Dawn': birds flying over the plain; vultures. `The Farm Round Commences': white man on horse; herd of cows ...
Scenes around a farm bought in Kenya.
KENYA GLIMPSES. Kenyan farm. Cattle, ox wagon, landscape, watering cattle, farmhouse, washing coffee berries. ...
The participants of and shots of the Kenya Himal Chuli expedition of 1955.
Shot of the Himal Chuli (Himalchuli Mountain) in ...
A detailed study of African town and village life showing the work of the Methodist Mission in three main areas, ...
Various scenes shot in the Kenyan countryside and Nairobi by Daniel Broad, British Commissioner in Kenya 1934-1944.
A visit to the bush area on the outskirts of Kenya, with glimpses of sisal making and wild game.
AMATEUR/INTEREST. Kenyan landscapes and wildlife.
Trees, green hills and lake, medium shot of elephants, herd of elephants on plain with car ...
A Garden Party in Nairobi for the 80 delegates (representing 50 Empire and Commonwealth legislatures) visiting Nairobi for the Conference ...
Deals with the mission of an engineer who has to build a railway in the African jungles aftet two of ...
In 1897 Africa, a famous guide agrees to help a woman and her brother search for her husband in unknown ...
Filmed in Kenya, footage of a military parade including soldiers marching and the regiment's mascot.
Documentary on wild animals in Kenya's game reserves. The film's underlying pur pose is to gain support for the idea ...
Scenes in Kenyan countryside shot by Daniel Broad, British Trade Commissioner, Kenya 1934-1944. Nakuru - Europeans looking at plants. Kisumu ...
Kenya, 1950. A white policeman takes in a murdered black priest's son to live with him and his wife as ...
DOCUMENTARY. A record of the Kearton-Jones expedition to Kenya, in which Colonel Jones and his two cowboys lasso a variety ...
Wildlife adventure in an African game reserve.
South Africa: various scenes. Kenya. Safari. Nigeria: Market in Lagos (Lewis Street)?
Private Valentino Owori of the East African Pioneer Corps receives the British Empire Medal from Lieutenant General R.G.W.H. ...
On safari in Kenya, and various shots taken in Amsterdam, Devon, Aberdeen and Vienna.
Safaris in Kenya north of Mombasa, and the Royal Show
The background to the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya and steps being taken to suppress it.
The film opens ...
Story of adventures of group of white people in building railway from Mombasa to Uganda in 1880.
Development programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika illustrate that "even in the midst of war, Great Britain does ...
'Adventure' film and indirect recruiting appeal for the British Army.
Two soldiers, Jeff Woodley and Kip Dormer, relax with ...
Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton visits Mau Mau territory and meets the senior chief of the Kikuyu tribe. Mr Lyttelton is ...
Travelogue of everyday life in Nairobi, Kenya, concluding with the ceremony granting the town the status of a city.
A British ...
Amateur footage of scenes in and around Nairobi shot by Daniel Broad, British Trade Commissiner, Kenya 1934-1935. A house, the ...
Native life in Tanganyika and Kenya.
At an East African Reinforcement Camp an entertainment unit stages a show for troops of 11th East African ...
A trip by truck from Nairobi into the semi-arid Northern Frontier Districts.
The British campaign in German East Africa, late 1915 to early 1916.
Soldiers of the King's African Rifles patrolling ...
The story of Karen Blixen, who wrote under the name of Isak Dinesen about her experiences in Kenya. She moves ...
Racial conflict in Kenya.
Main title. British East African troops in tropical kit loading their horses onto a train (100ft).