Based on real life events, the film takes place during the guerrilla phase of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Three officers ...

ACTUALITY. The Melbourne Cup horse race.

The race course seen from the middle distance behind a group of spectators at the ...

Air-to-ground shots of Coral Sea and Owen Stanley mountain range, as aircraft flies from Brisbane to Ward's airstrip at Port ...

A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of ...

A history of the battles, fought predominantly by Australian troops, to block the Japanese conquest of New Guinea ...

ACTUALITY. A train arrives in a station.

A train arrives at Flemington station, Melbourne, coming from the distance left to right, ...

ACTUALITY. A column of Australian cavalry riding down Adderley Street, Cape Town, watched by enthusiastic crowds (90ft).

Note: Filmed by Edgar ...

Compares treatment of Balinese and Iatmul (New Guinea) babies with American practices. Anthropology. The different methods of bathing children is ...

The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.

The ...

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include NEW GUINEA WAR IS A BATTLE OF SUPPLY LINES WARTIME CROWD RELAXES ...

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GENERAL EISENHOWER TAKES OVER NEW COMMAND SNOWFALL HINDERS EIGHTH ARMY ASSEMBLY LINE ...

About the building of the ceremonial a house used by the Baruya of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea in ...

Initiation ceremonies among the Baruya tribe.

From the port of London to Africa, India, Malaya, British New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and back again ...

The coconut palm kernel industry of the Solomon Islands; the lives of the Solomon Islanders and their recruitment to work ...

'Nigeria - Akeredolu the Woodcarver' Mr Akeredolu carving human figures using thorn tree wood. Small heads and models. Larger heads ...

The tour of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to India, Pakistan, Sarawak, Singapore, North Borneo, Hong Kong, the Solomon, Gilbert ...

An introduction to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, including footage of fauna, flora and the local way of life, and ...

Scenes in the Solomon Islands

Production / Donor Details: Mr Dudley joined the Colonial Office after WW2 and was sent to ...

Scenes in the Solomon Islands

Production / Donor Details: Mr Dudley joined the Colonial Office after WW2 and was sent to ...

INTEREST - Travelogue. Shots of jungle, river, waterfalls and sea in Fiji (40); thatched huts built on stilts over a ...

INSTRUCTIONAL. Opens with views of mountains and coastline (67), a stream crossed by a wooden bridge and fringed with luxuriant ...

Incomplete version (the beginning is missing) of a film about the return home of Fijian soldiers who took ...

Describes the preparation of the fire for heating the rocks, and the actual walking on them at the island of ...

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 ...