BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Allied troops take part in a ceremonial parade in Bangkok, capital of Siam (Thailand), with His Majesty the King of Siam and Lord Louis Mountbatten, ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SOUTH EAST ASIAGB

Steampast in line ahead by ships of the Royal Navy, Commonwealth Strategic Reserve, and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Reel One. Aerial LSs of the steampast. Spectators stand on the ...

TOWARDS BARUYA MANHOOD

Initiation ceremonies among the Baruya tribe.

TOWARDS BARUYA MANHOOD

Initiation ceremonies among the Baruya tribe.

TOWARDS BARUYA MANHOOD

Shows the male initiation ceremonies of the Baruya of New Guinea.

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

After victory over the Japanese in the battle for Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma Lieutenant-General W J Slim takes part in a flag raising ceremony in ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB

Royal Marines at Gibraltar, February 1954.

Part 2 contains scenes of Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon H A McMillen (the Governor General of Gibraltar) and aides-de-campe crossing by jackstay ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Rehearsed and actual ceremony of the presentation of the George Cross by Lord Gort at a parade in the presence of local and military VIPs in Palace Square.

The Guard of ...

Great Britain

Life in Ceylon is shown. Elephants are seen and views of Colombo and the walled city of Galle are included.

THIS MODERN AGEGreat Britain

INTEREST.

RL.1 Opening shots of an arch in Colombo and Ceylonese people. After the achievement of full independence, the opening of the new Parliament by the Duke of Gloucester is shown. A brief historical resume of ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1: Film showing flying boat operations and airmen's recreational activities at RAF Koggala in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). RAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft taking off and coming ...

THIS MODERN AGEGreat Britain

DOCUMENTARY. Shows some problems to be faced before Nigeria can hope to become an independent nation within the Commonwealth.

RL.1 Different races and religions in Nigeria to be integrated - The Moslem Northerners ( ...

Ghana

Progress in the territory, showing schools, universities, buildings, education and political development.

Malaysia

The emergency meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, held in Lagos, Nigeria at the invitation of the Prime Ministers, held in Lagos, Nigeria at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Nigeria to seek a solution to the Rhodesian crisis.

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB

Part 1. Sir John and Lady Edelsten arrive at Customs House. Inspection of combined Army and RAF guard of honour. Arrival at Customs House of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Creasy; the C-in-C and Lady Edelsten make their ...

GB

Training film on the work of Naval chaplains in ships and shore establishments. Introduced by the Rev. John Oliver the film shows chaplains working at HMS Raleigh in Devon, HM Naval Base Gibraltar, HMS Rooke, on the guided missile cruiser, HMS Blake, ...

Great Britain

ACTUALITY. The 1948 Conservative Party conference: Oliver Stanley's speech on the benefits brought to the colonies by private enterprise and R.A.Butler's presentation of the Agricultural Charter.

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB

Chartered aircraft crash in Malta, February 1956: general view of wreckage showing personnel clearing debris.

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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI ...

WORLD CINEMAIndia

A young wife whose husband is too busy working on a weekly paper in English gets infatuated with her husband's cousin, with whom she builds up a world of their own.

HONG KONG BEAT

Second in a series of nine programmes showing the work of the Royal Hong Kong Police, filmed over a three month period during the summer of 1977. The heroin drug trade.

AMATEUR. Film of refugee and flood rescue operations in Burma.

Chaukan I. Diyum River. Flood rescues; elephants; Captain Whitehouse rescue. Rossiter family rescue.

Chaukan II. Namgoi Nuk. Rescue operations of refugees coming from Burma by ...

Great Britain

Residents of a Cheshire Home in Singapore shown in various activities, especially crafts, e.g., toy-making.

GB

Tour round India by Chiang Kai-shek and his wife.

The film opens by giving a brief background to the war in China, and then follows the couple on their tour showing parades, press calls and so on.

Great Britain

AMATEUR. A rally of Girl Guides attended by Olave Baden-Powell in Hyderabad.

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Indian Engineers at work building a pontoon bridge. Pushing out ...

Nigeria

ACTUALITY. Local chieftains at an official function in Nigeria.

FAMILY OF MAN

Film illustrating the differences and similarities of adult-children relationships across five different communities: Esher in Surrey, Colne in Lancashire, New Guinea, Botswana and the people of the Himalayan Foothills. The film examines ...

Great Britain

Designed to illustrate the importance of child welfare in missionary work. Children in Palestine, India, Africa, China and Japan, and some blind children are shown.

India

INTEREST. Credits (49), hut on stilts from which tribesmen keep guard over their crops (82), dead neelgai shot by the tribesman (87), close-up of a Gond tribesman with axe and spear (92), items such as opium, amulet, pipes which the tribesman ...

POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB

A party for British children onboard HMS Forth, submarine depot ship at Malta.

LA.LS from quayside to HMS Forth alongside - a huge Father Christmas figure has been erected as if in the act of ...

GB

A sympathetic look at "the storm centre of the war in the Far East".

Reel 1 explains China's geography and culture, concentrating on 20th century history of efforts by Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-shek to modernise ...

TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain

ABOUT BRITAIN [ITV, 1970-1988]

Documentary about a small town business in the Scottish borders that exports cashmere sweaters to Hong Kong.

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1: Aerial footage; landscapes and cloudscapes. Mountains, possibly the Himalayas. A settlement on a plain. A Chinese city street, possibly in Chungking. A group of four ...

CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTIONGB

Home movie of HMS Decoy and Delight on the China Station, visiting Shanghai and Swatow, in the summer of 1938.

In the summer of 1938 Captain Garnett (then Lieutenant) was temporarily ...

CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTIONGB

Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station with scenes at Hong Kong and a train journey north, about June 1937.

The film begins with a naval diver going into the sea. There are then ...

CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTIONGB

Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station, featuring scenes in and around Hong Kong, early 1938.

The film begins with street scenes in Hong Kong and a sequence of children playing at a ...

CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTIONGB

Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station, featuring a spring cruise to Shanghai, Wei-Hai-Wei and Amoy, 1937.

The film begins at Shanghai, where there are shots of the harbour, boats ...

CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTIONGB

Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station, featuring a refit at Hong Kong and a mountain climbing expedition on Tai-Mo-Shan in the New Territories, July 1937.

The film begins with a ...

CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTIONGB

Home movie of the Capetown Incident on the Yangtse, October 1937, when two-thirds of the ship's company were evacuated by train from Hankow to Hong Kong.

The film begins with scenes of ...