(128A) February 1938: New High Commissioner Sir Harold MacMichael arrives at Haifa to take up his new office.
(129A) March 1938: Fire in a timber warehouse at Rehovoth. Firemen. Palestinian Police head out with tracking dogs. (This fire ...
(92D) June 1937: laying foundation stone for new Hulda Kibbutz. Crowds arrive for ceremony; Palestinian 'fellahin' at ceremony; speeches by unknown settlers who read a scroll outlining the purpose of the kibbutz which is then buried in the ...
(22B/second series) June/July 1947: Dr Magnes (President of Hebrew University of Jerusalem) addresses members of UNSCOP (United Nations Special Committee on Palestine), speaking in English at the end of a luncheon; Sandstrom chairman of UNSCOP ...
(152A) September 1938 (and 1943): Building of Ein Hamifratz settlement. Preparation of houses to be transported to new settlement; loading equipment. Site before settlement (clock - 4.00 am). Jewish Settlement Police move up to site of new ...
(191A) October 1939: Harvest in Emek (Jezreel Valley). Alexander Zerd's son on horseback. Wheatfields - harvest by combine and by hand (guarded by armed horsemen). Bringing in the harvest. Jewish Settlement Police on guard. Harvest ...
(216A) April 1940: (item continued from MGH 1438). Trench digging instruction; training in use of rifle. Pay parade. Scenes in mess - men queue for food and drink, relax in mess hall. Parade on drill square - unidentified British officer takes ...
(16B/second series) July/August 1946: With the leadership of the Jewish Agency imprisoned by the British on 29th June 1946 (called by the Jews 'Black Sabbath') Golda Meir was in acting command of the Jewish Agency. As an act of defiance she ...
(49A) Winter 1935/36: Celebrations in Biyat Vagin on planting trees.
(41B) November/December 1935: Municipal elections in Tel Aviv and electioneering.
(70C) January 1937: High Commissioner Wauchope visits Itzhar cosmetic factory ...
(209C) February 1940: "War comes to Palestine", fitting gas masks for children in Tel Aviv.
(No newsreel no; Box 719-21) Spring 1940: "Civilians alert yourselves", ARP activities in Tel Aviv, building shelters.
(1B/second series) ...
(61A) November 1936: High Commissioner Wauchope at official opening ceremony of the Bennison Jewish Hospital near Sharon. Briefly in synch and then being taken around the brand new buildings. The Secretary of the Histradut (the Jewish Labour ...
(9B/second series) September 1945: The first few days of Kibbutz Nitzanim, showing plans and models for the future. Note the Nazi concentration camp numbers tattooed on arms of some kibbutzniks. This kibbutz was largely destroyed in the 1948 ...
(147A) July 1938: Building of the Maale Hachamisha Kibbutz (chamisha means five in Hebrew). This kibbutz was built in memory of five young Jews killed on the site during an Arab guerrilla raid; halfway on the road between Jerusalem and Tel ...
(26A) August 1935: Slum clearance in the poor Maccabi neighbourhood.
(30A) September 1935: New immigrants on SS Tel Aviv en route to Palestine, dancing Horah, etc. The coast seen is that of Crete. The immigrants boarded at Trieste in ...
The series on independent travel goes on two very different trips to islands in the Atlantic; on the Azores islands of Sao Miguel, Pico and Faial in the Azores in the North Atlantic; and by Royal Mail ship via Ascension Island to ...
Various scenes in Nigeria, including family life (swimming, relaxing, picnics etc.) and some large public gatherings (possibly official events?)
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in ...
Scenes of the Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Nigeria, including preparations, bunting in streets, crowds. Also scenes of home life.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial ...
Family scenes, holidays (local leave?), relaxing - swimming, boating, tennis.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial service in Nigeria after WW2.
Nigerian Police Passing out parade and Christmas in Nigeria
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial service in Nigeria after WW2.
Nigerian troops on parade; family scenes.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial service in Nigeria after WW2.
Life in Malaya, including British social occasions, the slaughtering of a cow and goats, and processions in honour of the Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
St. Alban's church (Lutheran) on Azania Front.
A street scene showing a shop selling kangas.
Twiga Hotel - the most modern hotel at that time.
The Buddhist temple in Garden Avenue.
The pombe (beer) market.
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Amateur film of the Regal Cinema staff in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, recreating in the garden behind the cinema their contribution to the nationwide Salute the Soldier Week, in 1944. The usherettes, dressed in the ...
Helicopters operate from RFA Stromness(?) en route to the Falklands; aircraft arriving and departing at Ascension Island.
A Lynx helicopter is filmed from the deck of the ship as it lands, takes off ...
Excerpts from a concert at Hong Kong Stadium on 25 June 1997, shortly prior to handover: in attendance is Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten.
Notes
Remarks: only Tapes 2 and 3 held by IWM.
