St Helena in the South Atlantic is one of Britain's few remaining colonies. In April, led by Prince Andrew, the 500 islanders celebrated 150 years of British rule. The occasion was Prince Andrew's first official visit overseas.

TRAVELOGUE OF ST. HELENA.

A television recording of the State Opening of Parliament in 1970.

The recording shows the Queen's arrival, the summoning of the House of Commons and the Queen's speech mentioning, among other things, the EEC, ...

TV dramatisation of the novel by Paul Scott about an elderly English couple who stay on in India after the fall of the Briitsh Raj. Transmitted in 1980

Cindy Buxton and Annie Price were on South Georgia making a film about the king penguin colony there when the Argentines invaded. This film is not only a unique wildlife document but also a record of their adventures and survival.

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Fourth of nine programmes showing the work of the Royal Hong Kong Police, filmed over a three month period during the summer of 1977. Inspector Brown is under investigation by the anti-corruption commission.

A tour of Salisbury and the surrounding areas set to music. The film opens with aerial views of the city as a plane lands at Salisbury airport.

Travelogue on life and work in Fiji.

Village scenes. The history of Fiji and plantation agriculture. Leased farming. Labasa airport. A steam train. Village schools and markets. Family farms, milking, ploughing. Fertilisers. Sugar, ...

A detailed and comprehensive examination of the developing economies of the Caribbean, specifically the island of St. Lucia and the republic of Guyana on the South American coast.

Begins by looking ...

Holidays in the Caribbean: Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Antigua, Tobago and Trinidad.

An examination of the different aspects of the role of a policeman in Southern Rhodesia through dramatised reconstructions.

A police band marching. A dramatised robbery in which a policeman is shot while trying to apprehend the criminals. ...

Duncan Carse revisits South Georgia where he was marooned fifteen years ago. After a freak tidal wave washed away his home he had to live in a tent and survive for five months before being rescued.

Journey on rail car along single track light railway into the interior. Air strip with aircraft of 'Borneo Airways'. Take off over the jungle. Aerial views of jungle and coast. Villages and surrounding agricultural land from the air. ...

European trekking over the coastal mountains. Arial views of Hong Kong the city and the harbour with naval and commercial shipping. Passenger ferries. Street scenes with traffic. Inspection of Guard of Honour of Sea Cadets Governor ...

New Zealand. Geysers. Volcano. Flower parks. Mountain scenery of South Island with snow capped mountain wall. Sheep ranching. Beaches and coasts.

Official visit to Fijii. Village with meeting house in a clearing. Tribal elders ...

Singapore outskirts. Malaya country town. Street life. Views of Singapore. Harbour and city. Government buildings. Iron girder bridge. Mosque. Bustling busy street market scenes.

Hong Kong.Busy street scenes with street markets ...

Airport with stationary Bahamas Airways air plane. Holiday yachting in Bahamas. Waterways. Moorings. Hotels at the waterside. Snorkelling at off shore reef.

Dolphins performing at Aquarium. Airport with Tri-star airliner. ...

Bahamas Beaches. Coastal scenery. Aquarium with performing seals and dolphins. Golf course with players. Flock of flamingos walking in park.

Beach Club. Sand dredger extracting sand near shore. Tourist enjoying beach holiday ...

Lord and Lady Selkirk visiting native villages (unknown location,most probably Borneo).

Production / Donor Details: The Selkirk collection belonged the late Lord George Douglas Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk from 1926-1987. ...

Princess Margaret's visit to Tanga and Moshi. Agricultural Shows at Moshi, Morogoro, Pare(?), Njombe. Various district independence celebrations.

Footage of game and game reserves.

Shots of Coffee, and Farmers' Study tour of the Southern Highlands. Also Pyrethrum

Trip to Murchison Falls, Uganda, and to Malindi via Mombasa.

Documentary which looks at the events on South Georgia after invasion by the Argentinian forces had caused wildlife camera team Cindy Buxton and Annie Price to be cut off from the UK. The film features footage of wildlife ...

An enquiry into taboos, particularly sexual, around the world including scenes of: a bare-breasted Fijian night-club dancer, street scenes in Helsinki, a festival parade in Nagoya and lepers receiving holy communion at a leprosarium in India.

Illustrates the range of base training and field activities of the RAF Tactical Communications Wing, established to provide mobile ground communications to helicopter/Harrier squadrons in forward deployment, and occasionally in locations outside NATO ...

Film showing an army catering section at a camp in British Guiana.

Footage of the soldiers cooking is followed by shots of the canteen; the food being dished out; the site and the area around it; swimming; collecting ...

Aerial MS of HMS Fife (D.20) steaming at sea, with HMS Tiger in the background - the camera aircraft circles across Fife's bows. Cut to Tiger where various of the negotiators are gathered on the quarterdeck - Sir ...

RFA Stromness en route to the South Atlantic; scenes at the anchorage at Ascension Island.

Sir Percival comes alongside the camera ship (probably RFA Stromness) and replenishment activities begin. ...

Episodes from the BBC documentary series giving a history of the Falkland campaign.

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Summary: episode 3 appears to be missing

This film, which is part musical, part documentary, tells some of the stories of the South Seas, entirely in the words and music of the Pacific peoples themselves.

A brief history of telephones worldwide, with a special look at coomunications in Rhodesia.

Scenes include the 100T gun and general views of Gibraltar.

Scenes include views of Gibraltar, OBUA (Operations in Built Up Areas) and water sports.

Scenes include general views of Gibraltar, monkeys and "Redcap Challenge" (exercise ?).

Documentary. The Patonka tribe, their family structure, work methods are shown as they prepare to move to the highlands. The building of the Kariba Dam means the village will be flooded; preparation for the move, building a new village and the ...

One of a series of twelve short films, showing widely varied aspects of the personal and social consequences of the abuse of alcohol. The films are constructed around the message 'Think When You Drink'. A young Petty Officer with a promising career ...

Outline of the development of Rhodesia, including its industrial development, improvements in education and health service, and the good transport facilities.

This programme illustrates aspects of Service life in Gibraltar and is aimed at Service personnel and families who have been posted to, or are contemplating a posting to, Gibraltar. It is suitable for home and visiting ship viewing, and covers such ...

The problems faced by British authorities in trying to cope with the increasing population of Hong Kong.

HM ships Bossington, Hubberston and Maxton leave HMS Tamar, Hong Kong, on the start of the 80-day voyage back to Britain.

Captain goes up gangway onto HMS Bossington alongside in ...

Army Recruiting film aimed at potential members of the Royal Signals. The film describes the three routes of entry available, shows recruits engaged in drill, physical training and weapons training and goes on to look at the specialist technical and ...

Actuality: uncut footage, posibly out-takes of events during and surrounding the filming of "Thunderball" in the Bahamas.

Shots of large props including Harrier jet(?) being built; speedboat which separates from larger cruiser. Air ...

Short documentary about RAF Transport Command's regular flights to the Far East narrated by (and starring) Jon Rollason.

Reporter John Rollason, not an RAF man, is booked on a Transport Command Comet to Singapore, ...

About the Bedamini people of New Guinea whose life-style remians unchanged because they are cut off from the rest of the world on a big fertile plateau. It shows a society where all work, from simple farmwork to complicated house building is done ...

As the task force steamed south the politicians and diplomats tried to head off a military clash. General Mendez established themselves on the islands. Ascension Island was turned into a huge military base ...

This edition includes a report on the Vietnamese boat people and what Hong Kong is doing to help the refugees.

Items include: Boat people arriving in Hong Kong [7.32 dur] Botha talking about the new Muzorewa government in Rhodesia [5.05 dur], Botha talking about elections in Namibia [5.55 dur], and about the Wiehahn Commision in South Africa ...