COTTON OF TANGANYIKA 1960
Shows all stages in the planting, growing, work in the ginner and the buying and selling of cotton.
Shows all stages in the planting, growing, work in the ginner and the buying and selling of cotton.
A light comedy romance between a rich American diplomat and a Russian emigré princess from Hong Kong.
Countess Mountbatten's last tour in North Borneo.
The film shows her arrival and a number of visits to various establishments, and ends with a shot of a Union Jack sinking to half mast.
Motor transport of IV Corps crosses a Bailey bridge near Toungoo (Taungoo) during the Allied drive on Rangoon, Burma.
An Ordnance QF 40mm (Bofors) ...
Somewhere in northern Burma, a small wooden bridge is used by men, mules and vehicles to cross a river.
Indian troops pass camera. They pass through ...
The RAF provides air cover and drops supplies for men of the 2nd Division as they cross the River Irrawaddy, Burma.
Distant shot of Spitfire ...
In northern Burma, troops of 2nd Battalion The Buffs cross the Shweli River before the assault on Myitson, with machine gun, mortar and artillery fire ...
INTEREST. Singpore.
The sugar industry in Rhodesia, including:- 1960 Bulawayo trade show, the sugar pavillion and the visit by the Queen Mother, the Chirundu sugar estates, the processes involved in making and refining sugar.
General scenes in Aden showing back streets, domestic animals, goats, camels, etc. Water carts. Mountains in background. Buildings. Helicopter shown on ground. Descent of CS grenades from Helicopter. CS ...
A hunter kills a sacred lion and is cursed by a native chief. Unhealed he returns to Africa and kills the chief, and is healed.
A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.
Credits. Map of Cyprus with major towns and cities highlighted. Panned shot from waves lapping on a beach to the temple of Aphrodite. ...
Tom and Sukie arrive in Malta to spend the holidays with their father, an archaeologist digging for a legendary golden statue of Calypso on the island of Gozo. He fails to meet the children who make friends with Jiminy, a Maltese boy, ...
Includes shots of a harbour, ships and buildings. Street scenes in Zanzibar showing local people, rickshaws, children, policemen and other local life. Shots of the British Embassy, gardens and army bands. It shows a pier being built ...
Various scenes in and around Zanzibar Airport.
Various scenes of Aden harbour showing local boats and naval ships. Some film shot from on board a boat.
Various scenes of the Queen Mother's visit to Nairobi, including a Guard of Honour, her car arriving and the crowds waiting to greet her. It includes some interesting film of a troupe of local men dancing and playing drums as part of ...
Includes various scenes of a family on safari in Tanzania (Tanganyika), showing the scenery that they drive through, the villages & people that they visit and meet and the kind of roads and bridges that they drive along. It has a few ...
Ocean liner's passage from India though Suez Canal to Gibraltar. Passing troop ship in the Canal. Stop at Port Sudan. Passage through Canal. Marseilles. Passing submarine and sailing barque at sea. Rock of Gibraltar.
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About 400' of wildlife, mostly in Uganda National Parks, shot between 1958 and 1966. NOT edited into a coherent film.
Production / Donor Details: John Cleave was ADC Karamoja District for 11 years.
A year in the life of the people of Karamoja District, taken in 1958-60, edited.
Mostly in Matheniko county, and includes some Tepeth from Moroto mountain. Scenes include blood-letting (the major diet of the Karamojong is cattle- ...
A 300' edited record of the demarcation of the border between Uganda and Kenya from late 1959 to March 1960. The 6-month foot safari along the trackless border at the foot of the scarp was supported by camels, donkeys and porters. An ...
A foot safari with a District Forestry Office, James Lang-Brown, to the top of Mt. Napak, a massif on the border of Karamoja and Teso districts. Team of porters. Mountain scenery. with panoramic views. The mountains were declared ...
Scenes - mostly in Moroto - of living in Karamoja, Uganda.
Includes: building Morotochurch; a 'barazza' (meeting with tribesmen) in Rupa, a settlement at the foot of mount Moroto; the bi-weekly Moroto bus (the only public ...