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Southern Rhodesia declared independence unilaterally as Rhodesia in 1965. It achieved formal independence as Zimbabwe in 1980.
Official production highlights the war effort of Southern Rhodesia during the Second World War.
The film opens with a ...
Includes an item looking at the progress and deterioration of the conflict in Northern Ireland through the eyes of two ...
By means of a letter addressed to 'the members, Cinema Clubs for Girls and Boys, Great Britain', a young boy ...
Entertainment film for children's cinema clubs.
Cape Town, Durban and the Victoria Falls in Rhodesia.
Travelogue of Rhodesia.
The story of a young disabled boy who escapes from his tribe as he is about to be sacrificed because ...
"Smithers" is sent to Gwelo to investigate business oportunities - then follows an advertising film for Gwelo, tracing its history ...
SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBAL CUSTOMS
An investigation into the need for Kariba now that the Central African Federation has ended. John Hooper weighs up.
The opening of the Kariba Dam.
Kariba built for power provision for the North and South. An examination of social structures between white and black, role ...
The Roundel of the Rhodesian Air Force bears the lion insignia, hence the play o n a "pride" of eagles. ...
Harold Wilson explains the government's decision to send troops to Zambia and to tighten trade sanctions against Rhodesia.
INTEREST. The Victoria Falls.
Various shots of the Falls seen from different angles (181). A small boat, manned by Africans, being ...
A documentary looking at Rhodesian techniques for "seeding" clouds to create rainfall. It includes various shots of different types of ...
Progress report on the Kariba Dam scheme.
Report on the Kariba Dam scheme, and the effects of the record floods.
Denis Mitchell talks to some of the Rhodesians, both black and white, he met on his journey through the country ...
Story of two orphan lion cubs brought up by a game warden in a Rhodesian reserve.
Biography of the politician and how he rises from being a diamond-miner in Africa to become Prime Minister of Cape ...
A consideration of the British press coverage of the war in Rhodesia.
An issue of the BBC current affairs programme, looking at the situation in Rhodesia.