Jim Hodgson, managing director of British Telecom International, introduces the role of the cable ship `Iris' which was requisitioned during the Falklands crisis of 1982. Actuality footage, reconstructions and interviews with the crews are ...
Jim Hodgson, managing director of British Telecom International, introduces the role of the cable ship `Iris' which was requisitioned during the Falklands crisis of 1982. Actuality footage, reconstructions and interviews with the crews are ...
Short documentary, with a recruiting aim, showing the work of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
"The Space Age army" with its high technology (radar, AFVs etc) relies on "another army" of specialists - ...
A look at wildlife protection in North and South Rhodesia and the developing national parks.
Amateur film. Tanker leaving `Southern Harvester'; arriving Leith Harbour; `Southern Harvester' from the air; whale thrashing; whales alongside `Southern Harvester'.
Amateur film. Leith Harbour; floating dock; pumps; `Southern Harvester'; floating factory; gunner in corvette; pipes for blowing; playing the whale.
Story of naval captain's apparently successful discovery of perfect way of life and how feminine vagaries transform his happiness into a fool's paradise.
Deals with the building of the Kariba Dam, its effect on the people and animals of the Zambezi Valley, and the rescuing of the animals.
A film depicting the Caribbean islands - West Indies, British Guiana and British Honduras - and highlighting the traditional customs and songs, before showing the modern developments and welfare services available.
The film opens ...
Scenes in the Caribbean islands including footage of harvesting and industry. Interior shots of a bottling factory and loading products for export at the docks.
Scenes of life in British Guiana; includes aerial footage of the waterfalls in the Guiana Highlands, clearing forested land, a factory and heavy industry, panning gravel from a river, village scenes.
Travelogue of Jamaica.
Film showing the Royal Navy survey ship HMS Vidal carrying out survey work in the West Indies; also features the vessel's return to Chatham, Kent.