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Nigeria gained independence from the British Empire on 1 October 1960.
82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north ...
Nigerian troops on parade; family scenes.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial ...
CINEMAGAZINE(?) London scenes round Fleet Street; a brief dramatised history of the British policeman; tribal dances.
No title. View across Fleet ...
An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal ...
Intended for African audiences, the films shows the opening of the African Conference in London in September 1948 and the ...
INTEREST. Bead-making and leather-working in West Africa.
RAF publicity film and travelogue, ostensibly shot be a ground engineer, and amateur cine enthustiast, who also narrates.
A ...
Illustrates the life and training of an African Nurse. Girls apply to the Methodist Hospital at Ituk Mbam to train ...
The opening of the Kano International Airport in Nigeria, 4th may 1947.
Traditional greetings to visitors. A Comet airplane. Wing Commander ...
ACTUALITY. The knighting of the Alake of Abeokuta by the Governor General, Sir John MacPherson, in the presence of the ...
A record of measures taken against an outbreak of plague in Lagos, followed by footage of welfare exhibitions in Lagos ...
INTEREST: Deals with the work of the Lagos Executive Development Board which was formed in 1946 to plan and develop ...