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    Mowat Collection

    A visual diary of a tour around some of the islands of the Gilbert Island group, including flights, ferries and local scenes in villages and on beaches.

    Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian missionary.

     
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    Mowat Collection

    Picnic with students on a beach and pig roasting activities. The film is shot as a narritive with the beach becoming dark, women beside a building looking out towards the beach and the preperations for the picnic i.e. palm trees being ...

     
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    Amateur travelogue. Mr. and Mrs. Brown continue their world tour and reach their next destination, the Philippines. They visit Manila and notice the huge gap between rich and poor; they see mansions that are being protected by armed guards, as well as ...

     
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    ROVING REPORT

    A report on the dispute between Spain and Britain over the future of Gibraltar.

     
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    Deals with a group of misfit soldiers of a British garrison near Singapore during the guerilla uprisings of the early 1950s. Based on the novel by Leslie Thomas.

     
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    WESTLAND AIRCRAFT FILM COLLECTIONGB

    Documentary about the Westland Wessex V helicopter, seen in action in Borneo; also features Gurkhas in action.

     
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    POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB

    (Reels 1-3) HMS Albion (R.07) in the Far East (off Malaya during the Indonesian confrontation ?). Includes Westland Wessex helicopter parked up - Royal Marines in full kit come up to deck on the lift. Other ships include HMS ...

     
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    Film showing the rle of nurses in the Royal Navy; includes sequences in Gibraltar and Malta; also features are the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (McDonnell Douglas Phantom fighters) and HMS Euryalus.

     
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    GB

    Army Documentary film recording some of the projects undertaken by the Royal Engineers in the Arabian Peninsula during the mid 1960s. These include the road constructed from Dhala to Aden, including a description of the difficulties encountered, ...

     
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    the LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTENGB

    The years 1955-1966.

    In April 1955 Mountbatten becomes First Sea Lord, and starts trimming the Navy down to a suitable peace-time force. In this episode, Mountbatten expresses ...

     
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    the LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN

    The years 1943-1945.

    Mountbatten takes up command in SE Asia in August 1943 (the film gives a brief resume of the events in the far east up to that point) and sets about raising ...

     
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    the LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTENGB

    The years 1945-1946.

    With the end of the Far East war and the resulting chaos, Mountbatten's priority is the liberation of POWs, in which he is greatly helped by Lady Mountbatten ...

     
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    WORLD IN ACTIONGreat Britain

    Belize facing a take-over bid by neighbouring Guatemala.

     
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    Great Britain

    India, in 1895.

     
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    Great Britain

    The landscape, life and culture of Hong Kong together with its industrial potent ial and development

     
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    Rhodesia

    AFRICAN BOYS MAKING WHEELED WIRE TOYS

     
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    Rhodesia

    The 1st Battalion of Rhodesian Light Infantry, 3 recruits are followed through basic training.

     
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    GRENADA 1968

    PEOPLE OF MANY LANDSGreat Britain

    The people of Grenada - their everyday work and life, their occupations, what they grow and their native customs. Intended for children aged 10-11 years.

     
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    SURVIVALCanada, Great Britain

    Life on Tristan de Cunha since the eruption of the 'extinct' volcano.

     
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    ROVING REPORTGreat Britain

    THE EFFECTS OF SANCTIONS ON THE ƒRHODESIA> ƒTOBACCO> INDUSTRY

     
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    Great Britain

    DOCUMENTARY. The Rhodesia Conference at Gibraltar.

    HMS Fearless and HMS Kent. Harold Wilson and Ian Smith meet on HMS Fearless. They give a press conference. IS inspects troops. HW greets IS and party onto boat; interiors of the ...

     
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    COMPANY OF FIVEGreat Britain

    DRAMA. Quinn, an elderly eccentric, believes he has spotted a wanted war criminal behind the counter in a London Labour Exchange.

     
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    ROVING REPORTGreat Britain

    The film offers a review of the current dvelopments in the countries surrounding Rhodesia, and shows the troops patrolling the Rhodesian border.

     
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    ROVING REPORTGreat Britain

    REACTIONS IN LONDON AND SALISBURY TO RECENT HANGINGS IN RHODESIA.

     
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    Great Britain

    Life in the Falkland Islands and the fears of the islanders that they might be annexed by Argentina.

     
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    Rhodesia

    The Roundel of the Rhodesian Air Force bears the lion insignia, hence the play o n a "pride" of eagles. This is the story of an airman's Air Force as seen throu gh the eyes and mind of a STation Adjutant.

     
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    Mowat Collection

    This film shows scenes of life in The Gilbert and Ellice Islands including a wedding,local people singing and dancing , collecting and cooking food and various buildings in small communities. Most of the film is of the Islanders with ...

     
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    Mowat Collection

    This is a visual diary of the flight from Heathrow Airport, London to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. It includes take off and landing shots and aerial views of an east coast airport, USA, San Fransisco, Fiji and the Gilbert and Ellice ...

     
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    Mowat Collection

    This film is shot on two different beaches in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and shows children surfing, flying kites, drinking coconuts, snorkelling and catching fish.

    Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian ...

     
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    Mowat Collection

    This film covers a day in school from the children walking into school, lessons both indoors and out, doing movement classes, question time and pictures on the classroom wall. It ends with the children leaving school at the end of the ...

     
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    Looks at Fiji.

     
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    Development projects in Mexico, Burundi, Hong Kong and Tanzania illustrate the need or co-operation between develop-ing and developed

     
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    Filmed in the territory of Papua, New Guinea, the film shows the first steps in building a home for mentally and physically handicapped children; it follows the development of the Home and the children's progress

     
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    Sugar cane production.

    A village. Cane gangs in a co-operative with field officers. The transportation of cane. Scientific investigations and research into sugar cane production. The refining process. The town of Sura, traditional singing and ...

     
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    Home movie film of a trip to Fiji and Tahiti. Shots of Fiji include the Yacuta Hotel, the countryside and villages, sailing round the island by yacht and Fijian dances. Shots of Tahiti include a trip around the island, Robert L. Stevenson's house, the ...

     
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    Gregory Collection

    Life with the N. Rhodesian Regiment: Zambian army's riot drill 1967; a flight over the Zambesi to Kariba; the Blue Train on a journey from Bulawayo to Cape Town 1968; a voyage on the SS Oranje (Union Castle Line) Capetown to ...

     
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    WORLD IN ACTIONGreat Britain

    An examination of sanctions busting in Rhodesia, and how goods are getting in and out of the country.

     
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    RHODESIA 1967

    ROVING REPORTGreat Britain
     
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    Great Britain

    Drama set in Kenya. Two American cowboys are recruited by a British rancher to help him in a project involving the capturing and taming of wild animals and by breeding new stock to provide a source of food. The object is to halt the ...

     
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    ADEN 1967

    THIS WEEK NATIONALGreat Britain

    The violence against the British presence in Aden and the future of the South Arabian Federation. Llew Gardner spoke to the Secretary-General of the South Arabian League in Aden and Robert Kee spoke to Duncan Sandys and ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Documentary on the choice of the Atlantic island of Ascension as a tracking station for satellites and rockets and its transformation.

    ‘Drab endless vistas of scree’ was Michael Orrom's first impression of ...

     
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    ROVING REPORTGreat Britain

    A report on the annual congress of the Rhodesian Front from September 1967.

     
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    Rhodesia

    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.

     
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    PARADEGreat Britain

    Installation on Ascension Island of a British-built tracking station, with its huge aerial for reception of signals from outer space.

     
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    Hong Kong

    Travelogue of Hong Kong

     
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    South Africa

    A look at modern life in several south African countries.

     
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    ROVING REPORTGreat Britain

    A report on the tension between China and Hong Kong and the border clashes of 1967.