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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (1984)

Recruiting film for Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC), based around an interview for an officer's commission.

Colonel ...

 

the RIGHT CHOICE (1982)

Recruitment film for the Royal Navy, following the experiences of a new cadet.

A 16 year old boy on ...

 

ALL OF ONE COMPANY (1980)

Impressionistic account, without commentary, of day-to-day life onboard HMS Coventry as she sails from Portsmouth to Hong Kong ...

 

CALL FOR REME (1974)

Short documentary, with a recruiting aim, showing the work of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

"The Space Age ...

 

a LIFE WITH A DIFFERENCE (1973)

Documentary showing life in the Women's Royal Naval Service, described by Wrens in their own words.

The demands and ...

 

DRAGON SQUADRON (1973)

Recruitment film for the Royal Navy, focusing on the "Dragon Squadron", based in Hong Kong. The Dragon Squadron is responsible ...

 

FOUR MEN WENT TO SEA (1972)

Film showing the variety of roles in the Royal Navy by illustrating four seamen, each working in a ...

 

RHODESIA - A BACKGROUND (NY VERSION) (1972)

The background to the Pearce Commission Report on Rhodesia.

 

SIR ALEC ON PEARCE COMMISSION REPORT (1972)

An interview with Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home on the rejection by Rhodesian opinion of the independence proposals worked out ...

 

LOOKING AFTER THE NAVY (1971)

The rle of medical staff in the Royal Navy.

The various kinds of medical staff in the Navy are ...

 

ASCENSION ISLAND TRACKING STATION (1967)

Installation on Ascension Island of a British-built tracking station, with its huge aerial for reception of signals from outer space.

 

SOMEONE SPECIAL (1966)

Life in the Women's Royal Naval Service.

Training at Reading (careers office flashback), receiving uniform. "You are a WREN... ...

 

THURSDAY'S COMET (1966)

Short documentary about RAF Transport Command's regular flights to the Far East narrated by (and starring) Jon Rollason.

Reporter ...

 

a MATTER OF CHOICE (1965)

The variety and responsibility of life in the WRAF.

Airwomen of the WRAF are introduced at an Operation Flight ...

 

AFRICAN JOURNEY (1965)

RAF publicity film and travelogue, ostensibly shot be a ground engineer, and amateur cine enthustiast, who also narrates.

A ...

 

AMBUSH (1965)

'Action' drama set in the period of the confrontation with Indonesia.

Establishing scenes show enemy soldiers carrying out an ...

 

CATCH ME GOING BACK (1965)

Naval publicity and recruitment film.

The hero, Terry Gardner, is discontented with his job on a building site, where ...

ROUTINE ADVENTURE

ROUTINE ADVENTURE (1965)has video enhanced entry

Portrait of the British forces helping to defend Aden.

Behind the tranquillity of the Aden coast (sunbathing on beach) ...

 

BRITISH CALENDAR NO. 41 - JAMAICAN INDEPENDENCE (1962)

DOCUMENTARY. A record of Jamaica at the time of its independence.

 

BRITISH CALENDAR NO. 42 - TRINIDAD INDEPENDENCE (1962)

A record of Trinidad at the time of its independence.

 

BRITISH CALENDAR NO. 23 - TANGANYIKA (1961)

DOCUMENTARY. Tanganyika on the eve of independence. An interview with Julius Nyerere.

 

TRUE BEARING (1961) enhanced entry

Dramatised documentary using a story about faulty navigational radar to illustrate RAF life and work in the Far ...

 

Giesler Collection: 1: And Gladly Would He Learn (1960)

Film made by the COI for the National Council for the Supply of Teachers Overseas. Shows how African children live, ...

 

KARIBA - POWER FOR CENTRAL AFRICA (1960)

The construction of the Kariba Dam; opening by Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother 17/5/60; removal of wildlife from the affected area ...

 

MORNING ON MOUNT KENYA (1960)

'Adventure' film and indirect recruiting appeal for the British Army.

Two soldiers, Jeff Woodley and Kip Dormer, relax with ...

 

BRITISH POLICEMAN (1959)

An account of a typical days work by an English policeman in a provincial city - Leicester.

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN HONG KONG (1958)has video enhanced entry

How the Govt. of Singapore has set about the gigantic problem of housing Hong ko ng's swelling population.

 

NIGERIAN PRIME MINISTER (1958)

Interview with Sir Abubakar Tafewa Balewa prior to independence.

 

PRINCE PHILIP IN THE GAMBIA (1957) enhanced entry

Short account of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Gambia as part of his four-month world tour, ...

 

SUEZ IN PERSPECTIVE (1957) enhanced entry

A justification of the Anglo-French 'intervention' in Suez.

Introduction sketches background: Britain's "thankless and difficult" task in Palestine mandate; ...

 

THEY PLANTED A STONE (1953)has video enhanced entry

This film describes how new life was brought to the immense desert of the Sudan by harnessing the waters of ...

 

SCIENTISTS IN THE ANTARCTIC (1952)

The work and living conditions of the scientists who man the seven bases set up in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. ...

 

ALIEN ORDERS (1951)has video enhanced entry

"This C.O.I film is a Crown Film Unit Production of vital interest to all peace-loving peoples today, for the "Alien ...

 

CARIBBEAN (1951)has video enhanced entry

A film depicting the Caribbean islands - West Indies, British Guiana and British Honduras - and highlighting the traditional customs ...

 

EL DORADO (1951)

DOCUMENTARY. The people, resources and industries of British Guiana.

RL.1 Credits (78). A chart showing the location of Guyana, the 'El ...

 

EAST AFRICAN COLLEGE (1950)has video enhanced entry

Shot in Uganda, this film deals with the activities of Makerere College, which provides higher education for Africans from all ...

 

INTRODUCING EAST AFRICA NO 2 (1950) enhanced entry

Government information film on East Africa.

A brief historical survey introduces the foreign racial elements - Arab, European and ...

 

SPOTLIGHT ON THE COLONIES (1950)has video enhanced entry

"This is a brief survey of progress made by the British Government in helping forty separate colonial territories to raise ...

 

the LAND OF CYPRUS (1950) enhanced entry

"One of the greatest tasks facing many countries today is to give back to the land its lost ...

 

ANTARCTIC LANDS (1949)

DOCUMENTARY. The life of British scientists stationed in Graham Islands in the Falkland Islands Dependencies.

 

COCOA FROM NIGERIA (1949)

The work of a cocoa farm in southern Nigeria. On a cocoa farm in southern Nigeria, ripened pods are cut ...

 

DAYBREAK IN UDI (1949)has video

DOCUMENTARY. A maternity hospital is built by natives in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana.

Rl.1 Opening shots of the natives ...

 

PEOPLE OF MALAYA (1949)

Describes the 5 races of people in Malaya and their work in the factories and fields.

 

FALKLANDS: THE STORY (1948)has video enhanced entry

The development of the Falkland Islands dependencies under British administration; the lives of the men stationed there.

 

SISAL (1948)

The cultivation of sisal on a plantation in Tanganyika; harvesting and processing the leaves; transporting the baled fibres for export; ...

VOICES OF MALAYA

VOICES OF MALAYA (1948)has video enhanced entry

Film showing Malaya before, during and after the war.

The film shows: how people from many races have settled ...

 

HERE IS THE GOLD COAST (1947)has video enhanced entry

A Central Office of Information film outlining the planned development of the Gold Coast over the next ten years.

Over footage ...

 

NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE NIGER (1947)

Description of life in the principal regions of Nigeria; Katsina, the Plateau country, and the Eastern and Western provinces; shows ...