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I. "Bomber Assault - Bostons hit Valenciennes": Daylight aerial shots show British bombs falling on the assembly sheds, forges, and ...
I. "Three Phases of the World At War": Scenes of the Philippine Islands include damage on Luzon.
II. "Defence of the ...
I. "Pacific Battlefront": A tribute to the endurance of Australian troops engaged in jungle warfare in New Guinea, and to ...
Air-to-ground shots over the Coral Sea, flying from Brisbane in Australia to Ward's airstrip, Port Moresby, New Guinea, April 1944. ...
Independence in Fiji in October 1970.
Union flag flying, with words 'Independence for Fiji' superimposed. Union flag being taken down ...
1. Mr. J. Smith teaching island boys how to sail traditional craft.
2. A scout camp for island boys.
Production / Donor ...
The story of a patrol of eight Australian soldiers in New Guinea and their attack on a Japanese stronghold.
ACTUALITY. Dance performed by men and women of the Koita tribe, Papua. In the background a boy tries to shin ...
ACTUALITY. Lakwaharu men and women from Tupuselei village, Papua, perform a dance (67ft).
Note: Almost certainly filmed at the "durbar" of ...
Scenes of everyday life in New Guinea.
ACTUALITY. Record of maginogo dancing by men and women of the Koita tribe. In the background a boy attempts to ...
A look at the institution of marriage in five different areas of the world: India, New Guinea, Botswana; Esher, Surrey ...
Development programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika illustrate that "even in the midst of war, Great Britain does ...
Film of action at Milne Bay, which was an almost completely Australian operation and one that dealt a ...
Set in Samoa, the film records the daily life of the protagonist as a ceremonial feast is prepared.
Fa'angase, a ...
Conditions faced by a team of explorers looking for oil. Principal locations Persian Gulf, Canada, Papua, Zanzibar, Trinidad.
Film of a Cheshire Home in Port Moresby, New Guinea.
Leonard Cheshire's first visit to New Guinea.
Amateur film. Scenes at the Oba Oba Mission, Samoa; view over tropical hills and valleys from summit of hill with ...
Amateur film. Scenes at the Oba Oba Mission, Samoa; MSs ten-year-old boys; pan across landscape from summit of hill; men, ...
Examination of Japan's rle as aggressor in the Second World War.
Japanese culture and duality ("restraint at home, excess ...
David Attenborough visits the outer Fiji islands and investigates tribal rituals.
Follows the procedures of a 2 week conference in the Solomon Islands, organised by the Pacific Conference of Churches and ...