INTERREGNUM 1963
The United Nations and its first attempt to take direct and sole responsibility for governing a territory. The seven month control of West New Guinea.
The United Nations and its first attempt to take direct and sole responsibility for governing a territory. The seven month control of West New Guinea.
Safaris in Kenya north of Mombasa, and the Royal Show
Aerial sequence showing elements of the Far Eastern Fleet steaming in review order.
Aerial shots from a helicopter passing over ships of the Far Eastern Fleet steaming in ...
Royal Navy communications training film; includes scenes in Malta. Ships featured include HMS Birmingham, HMS Dundas, HMS Falmouth, HMS Berwick, HMS Brighton and HMS Hampshire.
Proposed new constitution which British Government is considering for Protectorate of Swaziland will give half the seats in the new Legislative Council to 7000 European settlers and the other half to 250,000 Swazis.
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Effect of British semi-withdrawal from Malta.
Changes in British strategic policy and the development of new weapons have largely contributed to the run-down of service bases on Malta, which is thus deprived of its ...
Report in two sections: interviews with Southern Rhodesians, followed by a brief international survey of railway problems.
1. Interviews with Southern Rhodesians recorded before the announcement of Britain's decision ...
Interviews with a district commissioner, oil executive, student union leader and girl teacher form the basis of this report on the attitudes of African Kenyans outside politics who are typical of the people who will ...
Report in two sections.
1. Interviews on the hustings with Kenyatta and Ngala do not reveal the tribal animosity which reporter considers is the crucial factor in dividing the African vote between KANU and KADU. KANU ...
Report on Trinidad one year after independence focuses on the possibility that political life may develop along racial lines as has happened in nearby British Guiana.
Island is at present governed by Dr Eric Williams ...
Creation of Malaysian Federation has incensed Dr Sukarno who considers this grouping of former British colonies a neo-colonialist plot which thwarts his ambitions for territorial expansion .
Recent violent anti- ...
A film biography of Lord Louis Mountbatten, covering his life from 1900 to 1963.
The film, almost exclusively using archive material, follows Mountbatten's birth and family background, his ...