Passing out parade of European NE trainees at the NSTE, Bulawayo; 1961 World Trade Fair; A European wedding with footage of typical 1960's women's and children's clothes. Also family footage.
Production / Donor Details: Major ...
En route to Hong Kong HMS Victorious exercises her crew in riot squad drill. The exercise is not taken very seriously. In Reels Two and Three Victorious has reversed course and is steaming ...
Film about RAF, and especially Transport Command, in the Far East.
The only means of supplying troops in the jungle is by parachute drop or helicopter. Beverley para-drops supplies - need for precision to avoid ...
Various shots Institute of Administration in Zaria, and mature students preparing for & taking part in an exercise 'Operation Hiltops'. The trainees set off for a number of remote villages in the Kauru hills and their experiences ...
Various shots of trainees from the Institute of Administration departing from the village of Kono after a celebration of music and dancing by the villagers in the students' honour.
Training Camp sequence of students ...
The film shows students of the Administrative Service Training Course during the 1961 census at Karaye in Kano Province at which the students trained and supervised the enumerators. Various shots of the camp at Karaye rest house ...
The Outward Bound School at Kurra Falls on Jos Plateau in Central Nigeria:
abseiling, obstacle course, and swimming lessons.
Different students on attachment with district officers - I) Maiduguri District Office, 2) ...
1: Marriage of Governor's PA & ADC (Islanders)
2: New Zealand family footage. 3: Official tours with welcoming ceremonies, dancing & beach scenes - Tuvalu, Viatupu & the Britten - Norman Islands.
4: Collecting & ...
Various fairwells - 1. Goodbye visit to Taborio School. 2. Dancing displays at Maneabas. 3. Departure from Embassy by London taxi. 4. Official goodbuy at airport by the Cabinet & Ieremia Tabai (future President). 5. A family ...
1. Mr. J. Smith teaching island boys how to sail traditional craft.
2. A scout camp for island boys.
Production / Donor Details: John Smith began his career in the Colonial Service in Nigeria. He was the Course ...
1.Air views of the bush. 2. Chobe Game Researve Elephant & Giraffe from air. 3. Gymkhana: sack race, children learning to ride, bareback race by adults on ponies. 4. Volkswagen van travelling through countryside, Norton to ? Bungalow ...
Wildlife adventure in an African game reserve.
Dramatised account of the mugging of a mineworker on his way home from work.
Wildlife
Production / Donor Details: Collection shot by Bill Langridge, a Vet working for the World Health Organisation from the 1930s in Kenya.
Home movie footage of family and views in Spain, Gilbraltar and Spanish Morocco.
Home movie footage of family and views in Spain, Gilbraltar and Spanish Morocco.
Home movie footage of family and views in Spain, Gilbraltar and Spanish Morocco.
Domestic Scenes from Studley Cottage Songea District: including Ngoma, Guy Fawkes Night, Armistice Day ceremony. Father Christmas arrives with his sleigh and presents. Fishponds.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot Major ...
Road Journey from Songea to Dar es Salaam; Mtwara Docks and sea voyage on board ' SS Mombasa'. Air trip to Mafia Island. Dar es Salaam city centre.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot Major Harry Lewis-Barned, who ...
Local Leave 1961: Nairobi, Mikumi Game Reserve. Government buildings recenty built in Dar es Salaam.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot Major Harry Lewis-Barned, who served in the army in India in the 1930s, and by Mr ...
Foot Safari, Morogoro District 1961
Production / Donor Details: Films shot Major Harry Lewis-Barned, who served in the army in India in the 1930s, and by Mr John Lewis-Barned, who served as an Assistant District Officer in ...
Dramatised account of a missionary savaged by a lion while out visiting a missionary school.
Mount Kinabalu is one of richest botanical regions in world. An account of the 1961 Royal Society expedition
Scenes in Borneo. Visits to various other places including Kashmir and Lebanon (Baalbek).
This film shows sailing races at Tanga, picnics and swimming and scenes in the sailing club.
Shows how the market place, symbol of West African trade, gives way to a new pattern of trading, and how Western techniques of merchandising influences village life, changing the habits, customs and outlook of the peoples of Nigeria and ...
The story of HMS Victorious' 1960-1961 Far East commission.
PORTSMOUTH. HMS Victorious lies alongside with HMS Victory in the background. Before she leaves on her Far East tour she must work ...
Kariba built for power provision for the North and South. An examination of social structures between white and black, role of Kariba is to develop the blacks even more.
The Royal tour of West Africa, taking in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia.
Report ignores the political controversy which the visit aroused and concentrates on formal ceremonies, displays of tribal dancing and ...
Report on the present political uncertainty in Kenya and on the reactions of whites to the prospect of independence, based on interviews with politicians and settlers.
Continued detention of Kenyatta is the main ...
Report on the political outlook in Kenya following the release from detention of Jomo Kenyatta.
Kenyatta is described as the undisputed leader of Kenya's six million Africans although the split between the two main ...
Report shows how Britain's prompt response to Kuwait's request for military assistance has apparently saved this wealthy state from invasion by Iraq.
C-in-C Air Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy describes the rapid build ...
Report tries to assess the possible effect on Malayan society if Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo and Singapore unite to form the Federation of Malaysia.
Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman says the purpose of the plan is ...
Report on the political and economic condition of Sierra Leone tries to assess the way the country will develop.
State is described as peaceful and democratic and the Governor General Sir Maurice Dorman says it "got ...
The attitudes of leading Singaporean politicians and businessmen towards the possible merger of Singapore with the Federation of Malaya.
Present prosperity of Singapore derives from her importance as the financial ...
The Royal Artillery Guided Weapons Range and facilities established on South Uist and Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides and a regiment during the course of firing practice.
Notes
Content information copied from SSVC Army Film Catalogue 1987 ...
Christmas in Northern Rhodesia 1961. Black & white newsreel
Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a number of films purchased from the collection of ...
The Uganda authorities' scheme to transfer the white rhino to the Muschison Fall s National Park to save it from extinction.
00:00:00 MGH 4696/01:Shots of merchant vessel Oriana, passenger liner.
00:00:57 Various birds and animals in zoo.
00:00:23 Scenery shots [Australia].
00:01:25 Shots of Chief Petty Officer (CPO) with koala and kangaroo [HMS Belfast ...
Agricultural development in Rhodesia, especially the importance of good quality seeds, developemnt of the tobacco seed.
Record of the royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Sierra Leone 25/11 - 1/12/1961.
Royal yacht Britannia's arrival in Freetown. Formal greeting from dignitaries including the Prime Minister Sir Milton Margai. The ...
George Scott reports from Sierra Leone on its independence; interviews with Dr. D.S.H.W. Nicol, principal of Fourah Bay College, Sir Milton Margai, Prime Minister, and Sir Maurice Dorman, governor-general.
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 ...
Princess Margaret's visit to Tanga and Moshi. Agricultural Shows at Moshi, Morogoro, Pare(?), Njombe. Various district independence celebrations.
