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The historic past, cultural and economic present and potential future of Palestine are all portrayed as (mainly implicit) ...
A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.
Credits. Map ...
A film which shows the primitive conditions of the people of the northern region of the Gold Coast. It shows ...
Life in a village of the Hausa people (Mohammedans), who live in the northern part of Nigeria. The men and ...
Political and social life in India.
Credits. Crowd of Indians. Commentary states that among the contradictions of India a new ...
A John Page film showing the various processes involved in pottery making in the Gold Coast (Ghana). "The film opens ...
A Kenyan villager applies the new methods of agriculture he has learned at Bukura College.
A British voiceover introduces the Bantu ...
Shows all stages in the cultivation of tea in Nyasaland.
I. 'TRANSJORDAN TREATY SIGNED.' Emir Abdullah of Transjordan arrives in Britain by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Avro York airliner ...
I. 'TRAGEDY IN JERUSALEM.' An item covering the aftermath of the bombing of the King David Hotel (HQ of the ...
Gives a picture of the daily life of men and women native students at Achimota College on the Gold Coast, ...
An outline of the campaign in Burma from the abortive Japanese 'March on Delhi' offensive of 1944 to ...
Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages ...
A film which contrasts the old and the new outlooks in Kenya. An elder of a coastal village has a ...
Incomplete version (the beginning is missing) of a film about the return home of Fijian soldiers who took ...
Documentary on the war in Burma.
An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.
Description of the logistic problems of ...
On the cultivation and treatment of sisal in Tanganyika with an emphasis on the importance of the crop for war ...
Opening with a map of the area, the film depicts aspects of village life as local women carry baskets and ...
The new resident minister in British West Africa, Captain the Rt. Hon. Harold Balfour M.P., meets the Nigerian Emir at ...
West Indians serving in Britain during World War II talk about their work in the armed forces and in civilian ...
This film describes the adventures of the famous convoy to Malta in August, 1942. It shows some general views of ...
Film about the Axis air offensive against Malta.
British supply effort, upon which the island is dependent, is rendered ...
The courage and service of the British merchant seaman, typified by the story of a Newfoundlander who had ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...
King George VI visits Malta in June, 1943, after visiting the troops in North Africa.
'This film is presented ...
Film records and illustrates a BBC broadcast by West Indians in Britain to explain to the British people ...
A brief picture of the training of India's army and a record of its service overseas through the ...
The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its ...
DOCUMENTARY. The Libyan campaign of 1940-41 in which General Wavell defeated the Italian attack on Egypt.
r.1 British military cemetery in ...
A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of ...
A short film on the expansion of the Royal Indian Navy in the 1930s in both shipping and ...
A picture of the contribution made to Britain's war effort by people from Newfoundland.
The film, which has throughout ...
An explanation of the background to the War in the Far East and of its probable strategic development, ...
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given ...
Arrival of the editors of leading Indian newspapers, on a goodwill tour run by the Ministry of Information, ...
The geography, peoples and products of British Guiana. A shorter version of the 1951 36 minute film.