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PORTRAIT OF PALESTINE

PORTRAIT OF PALESTINE (1947)has video enhanced entry

The historic past, cultural and economic present and potential future of Palestine are all portrayed as (mainly implicit) ...

 

CYPRUS IS AN ISLAND (1946)has video enhanced entry

A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.

Credits. Map ...

 

FIGHT FOR LIFE (1946)

A film which shows the primitive conditions of the people of the northern region of the Gold Coast. It shows ...

 

HAUSA VILLAGE (1946)

Life in a village of the Hausa people (Mohammedans), who live in the northern part of Nigeria. The men and ...

 

INDIAN BACKGROUND (1946)has video enhanced entry

Political and social life in India.

Credits. Crowd of Indians. Commentary states that among the contradictions of India a new ...

 

POTTERY IN THE GOLD COAST (1946)

A John Page film showing the various processes involved in pottery making in the Gold Coast (Ghana). "The film opens ...

 

STORY OF OMOLO (1946)has video enhanced entry

A Kenyan villager applies the new methods of agriculture he has learned at Bukura College.

A British voiceover introduces the Bantu ...

 

TEA FROM NYASALAND (1946)

Shows all stages in the cultivation of tea in Nyasaland.

 

WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 259 ((?) 22/4/1946) (1946) enhanced entry

I. 'TRANSJORDAN TREATY SIGNED.' Emir Abdullah of Transjordan arrives in Britain by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Avro York airliner ...

WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 275 (12/8/1946)

WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 275 (12/8/1946) (1946)has video enhanced entry

I. 'TRAGEDY IN JERUSALEM.' An item covering the aftermath of the bombing of the King David Hotel (HQ of the ...

 

ACHIMOTA (1945)

Gives a picture of the daily life of men and women native students at Achimota College on the Gold Coast, ...

 

CENTRAL FRONT - BURMA (1945)

An outline of the campaign in Burma from the abortive Japanese 'March on Delhi' offensive of 1944 to ...

 

FAR EAST WAR MAGAZINE NUMBER 1 (1945) enhanced entry

Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages ...

 

FATHER AND SON (1945)has video enhanced entry

A film which contrasts the old and the new outlooks in Kenya. An elder of a coastal village has a ...

 

FIJI RETURN (1945) enhanced entry

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

 

REPORT FROM BURMA (1945) enhanced entry

An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.

Description of the logistic problems of ...

 

REPORT FROM BURMA (1945)

Documentary on the war in Burma.

 

SISAL (1945)

On the cultivation and treatment of sisal in Tanganyika with an emphasis on the importance of the crop for war ...

a MAMPRUSI VILLAGE

a MAMPRUSI VILLAGE (1944)has video enhanced entry

Opening with a map of the area, the film depicts aspects of village life as local women carry baskets and ...

 

RESIDENT MINISTER IN BRITISH WEST AFRICA (1944)

The new resident minister in British West Africa, Captain the Rt. Hon. Harold Balfour M.P., meets the Nigerian Emir at ...

 

HELLO! WEST INDIES (1943)

West Indians serving in Britain during World War II talk about their work in the armed forces and in civilian ...

 

MALTA CONVOY (1943)

This film describes the adventures of the famous convoy to Malta in August, 1942. It shows some general views of ...

MALTA GC

MALTA GC (1943)has video enhanced entry

Film about the Axis air offensive against Malta.

British supply effort, upon which the island is dependent, is rendered ...

 

PEOPLE AT WAR - A SEAMAN'S STORY (1943)

The courage and service of the British merchant seaman, typified by the story of a Newfoundlander who had ...

 

the KING AND HIS PEOPLE (1943) enhanced entry

A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...

 

the KING IN MALTA (1943)

King George VI visits Malta in June, 1943, after visiting the troops in North Africa.

'This film is presented ...

WEST INDIES CALLING

WEST INDIES CALLING (1943)has video enhanced entry

Film records and illustrates a BBC broadcast by West Indians in Britain to explain to the British people ...

 

INDIANS IN ACTION (1942)

A brief picture of the training of India's army and a record of its service overseas through the ...

 

the BATTLE FOR FREEDOM (1942) enhanced entry

The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its ...

 

WAVELL'S 30,000 (1942)

DOCUMENTARY. The Libyan campaign of 1940-41 in which General Wavell defeated the Italian attack on Egypt.

r.1 British military cemetery in ...

ALERT IN THE EAST

ALERT IN THE EAST (1941)has video enhanced entry

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

 

INDIA'S NAVY GROWS (1941)

A short film on the expansion of the Royal Indian Navy in the 1930s in both shipping and ...

 

NEWFOUNDLANDERS AT WAR (1941) enhanced entry

A picture of the contribution made to Britain's war effort by people from Newfoundland.

The film, which has throughout ...

 

WAR IN THE EAST (1941)

An explanation of the background to the War in the Far East and of its probable strategic development, ...

FOOD FROM THE EMPIRE

FOOD FROM THE EMPIRE (1940)has video enhanced entry

Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.

Although more land has been given ...

 

INDIAN EDITORS AT HYDE PARK HOTEL (1918) enhanced entry

Arrival of the editors of leading Indian newspapers, on a goodwill tour run by the Ministry of Information, ...

 

EL DORADO

The geography, peoples and products of British Guiana. A shorter version of the 1951 36 minute film.