Science documentary series. This programme follows the efforts of a team of experts who, using the latest technology, are searching for the body of Alan Addis, a Royal Marine who disappeared on the Falklands Islands 18 years ago. ...
Uses diaries, memoirs, photographs and archive film to examine the role that the media played in the Boer War 1899-1902.
Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded their weapons from a ...
Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.
General views of Mandalay ...
Views of bomb-damaged buildings on Akyab Island, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, with British troops coming ashore.
Two shots of a large ...
FIlm, probably from Akyab Island in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, showing an inspection by senior officers of bomb damage to buildings.
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Landings are made on beaches at Ramree Island with survey shots of damaged and destroyed buildings on the island.
A Chevrolet CMP lorry tows an ...
HMS Eskimo, a Royal Navy Tribal Class destroyer, bombards Japanese shore positions while troops make an amphibious landing in the Letpan area of the ...
Footage of the bombardment of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, as seen from Mandalay Hil.
View of Fort Dufferin with raised dust. Long lens ...
Reel 1: Long shots of terrain at Gangaw shows smoke spreading and ...
Indian troops with enemy equipment captured after the battle for Wadi Akarit. The local population of the Gabs Gap returning to their homes. The town of Sfax.
Troops of ...
A colour travelogue intended to encourage tourists to visit the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia.
The film shows the the great ruins of Zimbabwe, follows a car journey to Umtali, before travelling through the fruit growing north and then on ...
Documentary about the Hong Kong Chinese as represented by the Lung family and their deep involvement with ancestral glory, coupled with a dynamic, forward-looking industrial scene.
Travelogue of a trip by the Martin Johnsons through Borneo.
Amateur film. "The record of two visits to the estate of Daruel Tobacco Plantations Limited at Segama, Lahad Datu" in Sabah, Malaysia in the north of the island of Borneo. "Daruel Bay. Lahad Datu - the port through which everything must ...
Amateur film. The Daruel Tobacco Plantations Limited estate at Segama, Lahad Datu, in Sabah, the Malaysian part of Borneo.
Coolies carrying loads to a boat at the edge of a river and carrying bales from the boat into the shed at Lahad Datu. " ...
Amateur film. Coasting along Borneo from Sumatra to British North Borneo (now called Sabah).
"Damage to river bank by 1939 floods": muddy bank with exposed under-strata and small landslips. Estate buildings. "Coasting round Borneo". "Kuching, ...
A study of the Malay people living in a Borneo village. Showing fishing and village life.
A story of transition within the Gold Coast, as the boy Kumasenu moves from a small fishing village to the modern city of Accra.
'Lured by the false stories of his cousin Agboh, the boy Kumasenu leaves his village to seek adventure in the ...
PROPAGANDA. A Party Political Broadcast for the Labour Party introducing various speakers from different parts of Africa, introduced by Woodrow Wyatt. Featuring Dr. J.G. Kiano of Kenya, Guy Clutton-Brock of ...
Story illustrating the work of an Anglican priest in British Guiana, and the shortage of priests there.
The film looks at the punishment received by Rhodesians and South Africans who talked to World in Action in 'Goodbye Mr. Smith' and 'The dumping grounds'. Some were deported and others jailed.
17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.
Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward VII's Own Lancers, ...
At Klang, in Selangor, Malaya, the Governor of Malaya Sir Edward Gent opens a new railway bridge, built by interned Japanese troops and the Royal ...
Overview of the history and work of the London Missionary Society in four sections. Includes narrative on the origins and pioneers of the Society, and scenes of various aspects of missions work in the different regions - Africa, Madagascar, India, ...
Troops and armour are carried across the Irrawaddy River, Burma, at Myinze by a mixture of DUKWs and pontoon rafts.
British troops disembark from ...
Shot on 7 December 1944: A British soldier beckons forward a lorry; a signpost is marked 'TCP' (Traffic Control Post). A sign points the way to Kalewa. Lorry crosses a Bailey ...
Film showing the construction of the floating Bailey bridge on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, Burma.
Tightening nuts on a Bailey section. Various ...
Brigadier Taunton, commander of 80th Indian Brigade (20th Indian Division) arrives at a Japanese airfield in Saigon as recovered Allied prisoners of war ...
Brigadier R G Collingwood, commander of 33rd Brigade (7th Indian Division) holds a conference of officers on the eve of the crossing of the Irrawaddy ...
In Perak, a bandit group of former anti-Japanese guerrillas surrenders and disbands.
Armed guerrillas standing at the roadside; one has a Chinese ...
The work of the Zambesi valley game rangers, the effects of lake Kariba and its dam on wildlife and "Operation Noah".
Documentary about the food supply of Britain, how it comes from overseas and the work of Royal Navy in protecting convoys.
The film opens with the title "Britain at War" superimposed over a map of the British Isles, followed by the captions "THIS FORTRESS BUILT BY NATURE .....SURVIVES THE TIDE OF WAR" with views of the British coastline. Large poster fixed along railings ...
The training and work of the Royal Naval Air Service.
Over shots of a dinghy sailing race among moored warships, the commentary speaks of the importance of airpower in modern naval training. The film then provides a ...
Film combines library material with actuality footage and specially recorded sequences. Spitfires Squadron scramble to intercept Heinkel He 111s reported by Royal Observer Corps spotters. Control centre gives orders ...
Scenes filmed on 16mm Kodachrome in Hong Kong harbour after the Japanese surrender on 12 September 1945.
START 00:21:09 Shots from the cameraman's vessel as it passes the port side of HMS Colossus, a 13,000-ton Royal ...
With the reoccupation of Malaya British and Indian signallers of the Royal Corps of Signals and Indian Army Signal Corps work to restore communcations by both fixed telephone ...
On Ramree Island off the Arakan coast of Burma, local civilians welcome British troops, who go sightseeing with a local headman before a Union flag is ...
Indian and British ...
In Rangoon, capital of Burma, British and Japanese officers attend a conference to discuss the conduct of the Burma campaign.
Pan along an ...
Amateur film shot by Mrs Audrey Bush (wife of RASC Sergeant Maurice Bush serving at HQ, Aden), records Military tattoo at Waterloo Barracks, Khormaksar, Open Day at RAF Khormaksar with Beverley transport aircraft on tarmac, camel and horse races at ...
Reel 1: Scenes on board Empress of Australia on final stretch of voyage home from Bombay to Liverpool. Tug-of-war for soldiers on deck. Passing through Suez Canal to Port Said, passing military camp on port side. Official welcome on Liverpool ...
Amateur film shot by REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) artificer Warrant Officer Richard Elliott while serving in Belize records Scout helicopter flights over the Caribbean coastline and into the jungle on exercise and for medical ...
I. Aerial views of South Armagh and Bessbrook.
II. Royal Marines altar restoration.
III. GOC at a recruiting display, King's Hall, Belfast; includes interview.
IV. Beach clean-up ...
I. Gibraltar: Territorial Army.
II. Last patrols and music.
III. Remembrance service for victims of the Mull of Kintyre Chinook helicopter disaster, Lisburn.
IV. Gibraltar tunnels ...
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02-00-30-30 Ice berg at 0630 in South Atlantic ...
