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Southern Rhodesia declared independence unilaterally as Rhodesia in 1965. It achieved formal independence as Zimbabwe in 1980.
ACTUALITY. A record of a visit to South Africa by a group of American tourists during a world tour on ...
An account of the contribution made by the Imperial Tobacco Company towards raising the living standards of many thousands of ...
HOME MOVIE. Amateur footage of various localities in Africa, including Victoria Falls and possibly South Africa.
Victoria Falls. Men in pith ...
TRAVELOGUE. 1920s footage of African wildlife with added commentary and Ravel's Bolero.
Wildlife - zebras, ostriches; ostrich shot by man in ...
Standard tourist film about the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland.
INSTRUCTIONAL. View of the village belonging to the Mashona tribe. Cattle and goats are herded through the village. Children play. ...
Wildlife safari to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Portugese East Africa (Mozambique).
INTEREST. Two natives of Southern Rhodesia chop down a tree and make a dug-out canoe from a section of the ...
Natives of the Mashona tribe build a hut from wooden poles, grass and mud, and a family is then seen ...
Illustrates the life and training of an African Nurse. Girls apply to the Methodist Hospital at Ituk Mbam to train ...
INTEREST. Amateur film showing Cape Town, the Table Mountain, Kimberley Mine, Bulawayo, Pretoria, Durban, Victoria Falls, and the Zambezi river. ...
Demonstration of the ability of the R.R.A.F. to attack a target with a number of different levels of ferocity.
The story of Alec Smith, son of the Rhodesia Prime Minister, as drop-out, former drug smuggler and addict and his ...
Roy Welensky is interviewed by Malcolm Muggeridge, topics include the Commonwealth, racial policy, South Africa, possible constitutional change, imperial rule ...
AMATEUR FILM. IAC leader. `En route at Khartoum': loading and boarding plane; Salisbury; street scenes; flower market; bowling green; `Astor' ...
DRAMA. Quinn, an elderly eccentric, believes he has spotted a wanted war criminal behind the counter in a London Labour ...
Unedited Rhodesian footage.
A map pinpointing the location of Rhodesia in the African continent; scenes of black Rhodesians; whites ...
Record of Baptist Missionary Society tour led by Herbert Janes (later Sir Herbert Janes). Various parts of Southern Africa (including ...
White farmer Des Bawden and black barrister Sottayi Katsere participate in a programme which considers whether all races can live ...
At the Wankie National Park (later called the Hwange Game Reserve),in Rhodesia, Tourists' observation platforms. Water hole drilling. Eland, water ...
A colour travelogue intended to encourage tourists to visit the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia.
The film shows the the great ...
PROPAGANDA. A Party Political Broadcast for the Labour Party introducing various speakers from different parts of Africa, introduced by Woodrow ...
The film looks at the punishment received by Rhodesians and South Africans who talked to World in Action in 'Goodbye ...
The work of the Zambesi valley game rangers, the effects of lake Kariba and its dam on wildlife and "Operation ...