The cultivation of sisal on a plantation in Tanganyika; harvesting and processing the leaves; transporting the baled fibres for export; the fibres used in rope-making.

Amateur footage of the Oxford University expedition to Gambia in 1948. Part 1. Packing the trucks in Oxford and on the road to Southampton. There are scenes on the boat out to Africa, followed by "transhipment onto and up river on board ...

A film in three parts looking at the process of extracting copper ore from waste rock and smelting the refined metal into pure copper bars.

Part 1. Milling Shows the various crushing and grinding machines, including: the primary ...

INTEREST. The work of the craftsmen in the Kenyan textile industry and the West African silversmiths and jewellers.

Scenes in a walled Mohammedan city in N. Nigeria.

The film shows the industries, schools, administration and communications of the city. Intended as one of a group of films made by the CFU showing the large towns of the Empire.

The Ground Nut Scheme in Africa by the United Africa Company.

The lifestyle of the jungle nomads of the Malay Peninsular rainforest. Life with a nomadic tribe in Malaya, as seen through eyes of Loon, the son of the chief-man. The film shows the tribe setting up a new camp, collecting ...

Traditions and rituals of marriage and dowry in Gold Coast of Africa. Tale of how Arabella has her dowry added to at various stages of her life from birth to marriage.

An athletics meeting, concentrating on the Nigerian athletes, at Hotspur Park for the annual Challenge Cup and a reception of the Nigerian paramount Chief the Oni of Ife.

Credit and main title (34). "LONDON ...

HOME MOVIES. A trip to New York by the Eisner family, and scenes in British Guiana (Guyana).

View of Southampton docks as ship sails from it. The New York skyline viewed as ship enters port. New York street scenes. New York suburb ...

Leslie Henson's home movie. Sierra Leone. Leslie Henson with native girl. Game reserve. Natives

Newsreel coverage of an RAF photographic survey of East Africa.

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Items include: WALLABIES HUMBLE ENGLAND BURMA CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE IN LONDON The NEW YEAR

A mute educational film portraying life in a typical Malay village of fishermen and rice-farmers.

Brief titles introduce each sequence, but there is almost no comment, the film being left to speak for itself. The ...

Film about 'one of the prettiest villages in Malaya', which has become a centre for the curing of leprosy.

The film shows the village in detail; people working on the land; how leprosy can be cured; the early ...

Film showing Malaya before, during and after the war.

The film shows: how people from many races have settled here; the way that the Malays live; the Chinese and their way of life; the role of the Europeans, the ' ...

How Malaya has developed its armed forces since the last war.

The Royal Malayan Navy, a small fleet with all the tradition of an ancient discipline, is profiled first; the ships are provided by Britain, the ...

A description of the operations and the versatility of Radio Malaya.

Every day "the voice of Malaya" broadcasts educational, information and entertainment programmes in four languages. Inhabitants are shown at ...

Reel 1: (Mixed Colour/B&W) IEME School at Kirkee (near Poona), prior to Indian Partition and the creation of Pakistan. British officers fire pistol and rifle on range. Bulldozer clears a malaria site. Indian/Pakistani soldiers pack up, prior to the ...

Offcuts. Scenes of post-war Burma. The funeral procession is most likely that of Bogyoke Aung San (leader of the AFPFL - Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League - prior to Burma's independence ...

(B&W) Indian dignitaries await the arrival of Lord Mountbatten. Brief shot of Mountbatten stepping off the launch. He and Lady Mountbatten are greeted and introduced to the dignitaries. A shot of the people lined up ...

Guests arrive at Government House, New Delhi, and are greeted by Lord and Lady Mountbatten. Shots of Indian officers in ceremonial uniform, guests mingling in the background. Three American? Army officers (two are ...

Family scenes in the UK while on leave in the late 1930s and 1940s.

India street scenes with monkey trainer and rickshaw .Smartly dressed Europeans in a park setting with expensive large cars. Celebration party for Indian ...

Includes Jewish refugees in Cyprus.