Rhodes Centenary exhibition. Royal family. Pavilions, exhibits. Grave of Leander Starr Jameson.
Production / Donor Details: Films Shot by Leslie Matisonn
Rhodes Centenary exhibition. Royal family. Pavilions, exhibits. Grave of Leander Starr Jameson.
Production / Donor Details: Films Shot by Leslie Matisonn
Family and holiday footage: children playing, visit to the Zoo, lakeside wildlife and landscape.
Production / Donor Details: Films Shot by Leslie Matisonn
(1) Christmas Pantomime 1951
(2) Livingstone Airport 1953
(3) Beirut Lebanon 1953
(4) Visit to Nigeria 1955
Production / Donor Details: The films in the Morrison Collection were shot by William Graham Morrison ...
(1) Leaving Nigeria 1953
(2) The Coronation Parade procession, London. 1953
(3) Animals at Whipsnade Zoo. England.
Production / Donor Details: The films in the Morrison Collection were shot by William Graham ...
Tourist visit to Nyasaland which concentrates on the scenery around Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa. The river canyon shown down river of the falls. The countryside on the banks of the Lake. Fishing trip on the lake.
Resort ...
(1) Ocean voyage home from Pateau in 1939 in M.V. Accra. with visits to Maderia which show the local scenery and people
(2) Morrison family picnic at the lakeside of Jekko Hydro-electric Dam with rowing boat trip. 1950 ...
Travelogue of everyday life in Nairobi, Kenya, concluding with the ceremony granting the town the status of a city.
A British voiceover outlines the development of Nairobi - 'today in this once barren land stands Nairobi, capital of ...
Adventures of an Irishman in 1890 Africa, who came to join a friend and instead finds his widow, a girl from Marseille, with whom he finally settles down after a series of incidents with both black and white people.
Visit of the NATO Council to Malta.
NATO Council on board HMS Surprise reviews ships taking part in Exercise Medflex Baker. Flypast and sailpast of SHAFE forces watched by, among others, ...
Summary of Allied naval, amphibious and land exercises held in Eastern Mediterranean and Northern Europe, including a mushroom burst simulating an atomic explosion, demonstrates the military preparedness of "the peoples ...
I. Naval saluting: two ratings salute a Lieutenant who they encounter walking along a street (Portland ?); squad of ratings (belts, gaiters, white caps) make eyes left as they pass Lieutenant and Petty Officer; ratings in street look into funeral ...
I. MLS and MS off port bow of Dido Class light cruiser (HMS Euryalus ?) as she fires a salute.
II. LA approach to starboard bow of HMS Vanguard secured to a buoy in Grand Harbour, Malta. MS, camera tracking to cross port bow.
III. MCU of ...
The annual Navy vs. Army Polo Match in Malta in the presence of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. The Navy wins and Lord Mountbatten takes the cup from the Queen.
Notes
Technical: filmed at 16 fps.
Conditions faced by a team of explorers looking for oil. Principal locations Persian Gulf, Canada, Papua, Zanzibar, Trinidad.
Film of the visit of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to Nigeria.
BP film featuring footage from Nigeria.
The passing out parade of the first Nigerian women's police. Also shows the policewomen on duty.
The commentator introduces 'this historic parade at the Southern Police ground' from 26 April 1956. The film shows the women marching at Ikeja ...
THE ELECTIONS TO SET UP REGIONAL LEGISLATURES IN NORTHERN, EASTERN AND WESTERN NIGERIA; AND THE MEETING OF THE NEW LEGISLATURES AT KADUNA>, ENUGU> AND IBADAN>
The planning and building of the University College of Ibadan and its opening ceremony.
Missionary work in Nigeria. The difficulties of facing Third World development, in a religious context. The film shows the problems in promoting health care, education and agriculture.
Interview with Sir Abubakar Tafewa Balewa prior to independence.
Work of Missionary International House for overseas students in London, the theme being that there is no colour bar of racial discrimination. Includes footage of the House in Bayswater, and overseas students (mainly African) boarding there ...
Complications ensue for two game warden brothers in Africa when the girlfriend of one of them arrives from England.
Set in the North West Frontier province of British India around the turn of the century against a background of tension between the Moslems and Hindus. A rebel Moslem faction is seeking to kill the six year old son of the ruling Hindu ...
THE INSTALLATION OF THE SARDANA OF SOKOTO> AS PREMIER OF NORTHERN NIGERIA AT KADUNA>, 1ST OCTOBER, 1954
The visit of Sir Gilbert and Lady Gilbert ot Lusaka - arrival by train, meets local workers, is sworn in, opens school and hotel and opens silicosis bureau in Kitwe.
A family arrives home from holiday and recount their holiday to grandparents - all about Luangwa game park.
Tour of the beauty spots of Nyasaland.
Infant child in garden. African College or school?
Family scenes, Uganda.
Trade Fair at Kano showing the Fairground and the exhibitors' stands and the vistiors to the Fair. Kano Durbar, large regional colourful gathering of the tribes in the Northern Nigerian area meeting and parading of the chiefs with ...
Multiple reels on DVD. Family wedding. Journey from South African to Lagos. Flight to Kaduna. Picnic near Kaduna. Kaduna Polo Club. West African Frontier Force parade. Santa Claus: Christmas 1951. Treasury building, Kaduna. ...
Multiple reels on DVD. South African safari (4 reels). Home at Kaduna. Christmas 1954. Nativity Pageant, Kaduna. Wedding. Journey to Jos. Family scenes, Kaduna. Mango pickers. Racing cars. Train journey (to Jos?). Air journey ( ...
Multiple reels on DVD. Various scenes around Kaduna. Parades at Lugard Hall. Mr. Tanner awarded OBE for services to Nigeria, Lugard Hall. Visit of Queen and Prince Philip. Durbar. Fireworks. More durbar footage. Scenes in Kaduna ...
Native dancing: fishing: native children swimming. Motor launch on river: compound showing living quarters. Water tower: pumping station; sports day activities: tug of war: canoe races: obstacle race: swimming ...
0-400 A. Tame monkey: Ant hill: Tracks in jungle: Ferry across river: Ju-Ju dolls: Native fete: Coco Palms: Market in village: native huts in village: Cattle: Ferry: River scene: River side village: Pineapples ...
0-400 E. Trials personnel arriving at Port Harcourt Airport: Scenes at airport: Railway: Native Dwellings: Marking out trials area: Recoilless gun being emplaced: Firing shell burst and cloud passage: Second ...
0-400 H. Building Operations: Living Quarters: Vehicles: Field Guns: General views of living quarters and laboratory: Vehicles moving to trial site: Canoes on river: Natives canoeing: River launch: Carpenters ...
Amateur film shot by Brian Randolph Everett while serving in the British Army as a National Serviceman during the Malayan Emergency but showing only off-duty scenes in the vicinity of Port Dickson (Negeri Sembilan), including enjoying the company of ...
Construction of a harbour capable of berthing 32.000 tons tankers to serve the B .P. oil refinery at Little Aden. Work includes reclaiming 250 acres from the se a and building breakwater and jetties. Quarrying, transporting and ...
No.1 Deals with the nutritional importance of palm oil and palm kernels. Depicts also West African life in the rain belt forest areas of Nigeria. No.2 Outlines the importance to the Nigerian people of the palm and traces how the oil trade ...
The film opens with a shot of the plaque commemorating the visit of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, followed by brief shots of HRH Prince Philip getting out of a coach and being shown various pieces of equipment. Interior and exterior shots of ...
Opening of NATO Headquarters in Malta. Admiral Mountbatten unfurls flags of NATO countries at Lascaris.
Notes
Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI records ...
(Reel 1) The film, with a commentary loaded with statistics, starts with the initial planning of the operation (staged synch film of the planning committee deciding on the Christmas Island area as the test site) and preparations for shipment of ...
INTEREST. The Government's struggle against Communist terrorists in Malaya - several reconstructions of patrol work, jungle warfare etc.
r.1 General Sir Gerald Templer arrives at a regimental parade ground. He thanks the troops (about to be ...
Detailed report (presuming prior screening of Operation Cauldron film) on trials carried out at Green Cay, Bahamas (from 1/1954 to 6/1954) of spraying toxic agent (flown from Fort Dietrich, USA) ...
Addition of a new operating theatre to the Nixon Memorial Hospital in Sierra Leone.