Various shots Institute of Administration in Zaria, and mature students preparing for & taking part in an exercise 'Operation Hiltops'. The trainees set off for a number of remote villages in the Kauru hills and their experiences and the people there are featured.

Production / Donor Details: John Smith began his career in the Colonial Service in Nigeria. He was the Course Supervisor running 1 year Administrative Training Courses for future Administrative Officers at the Institute of Administration in Zaria, Nigeria in the early 1960s. The first four films in teh collection records training courses 4 and 5. He was later Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands for 5 years in the 1970s. In 2003 he became President of the Friends of the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum.