THE REFERENDUM OF SEPTEMBER 10TH 1967 IN WHICH ƒGIBRALTAR> VOTED TO REMAIN A BRITISH COLONY

Amateur footage of the dismantling of Gibraltar's 9.2-inch gun prior to being shipped to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in 1982.

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Technical: Originally filmed in Super 8mm.

A tour of Gibralter.

A guide providing informative commentary on life in Gibraltar for members of the British forces. Includes information on the five police forces operating in Gibraltar: the Gibraltar Services Police, the Royal Military ...

INTEREST.

RL.1 Opening shot of a map of Europe and Africa with a route plotted from London to the Gold Coast. Takoradi, one of the Gold Coast's larger towns is shown. Shots of the streets, the shopping centre, ...

Locals in Accra vote in the first General Election which results in victory for the Convention Peoples Party.

Nkrumah acclaimed on release from jail.

Promotional film advertising Gold Coast Government Premium Bonds. One lucky winner is seen collecting wads of banknotes. "Buy A Bond, Win A Prize", an intertitle suggests.

Cinemagazine chronicling the change and progress taking place in the Gold Coast. Contains the following items: Co-Operative Day in Accra Mr. Adlai Stevenson's Visit The Premium Bonds Campaign Nigeria v. Gold Coast Football Match

Comedy. Morgan Leafy is a member of the British diplomatic corps in Kinjanja, an emerging nation. His task is to win favour for British interests with the corrupt local politician Sam Adekunle.

DOCUMENTARY. A report on the current state of Rhodesia concentrating particularly on the Land Tenure Act and its effects.

Introduction: against the background of another attempt to start talks with Mr. Ian Smith, ...

Report on black and white communities in Umtali region.

The Governor of Uganda, Sir Frederick Crawford, visits the Lukiko - the Ugandan Parliament.

The 500th edition of the programme features stories from tax havens around the world. William Davis is in the Cayman Islands; Paul Griffiths in the New Hebrides; Brian Widlake, the Bahamas and James Bellini in Campione, the ...

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.

About a shipwrecked child, who, after the death of his parents, is raised by a female ape. As an adult he is taken back to Britain and returns to his family's estate in Scotland.

Stresses the growth in all areas of Rhodesia's natural resources, especially mineral production, increasing white population and consumer consumption (e.g: shoe store), and a great emphasis on the development at Kariba.

I. British Marines based in the Falklands, taken prisoner during the Argentine invasion on 1 April 1982, shipped first to Argentina and repatriated to Britain. Includes footage of ...

Argentine footage of the fall of Puerto Argentino/Port Stanley.

Shots of attacks on runway at Port Stanley. Argentine troops stroll along streets ( ...

Argentine television documentary (Channel 13, Buenos Aires) about the South Atlantic War, beginning with the occupation on South Georgia by Argentine scrap men dismantling the whaling ...

Argentine military documentary about the South Atlantic War, beginning with the build-up of Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands by Hercules transporters. Shots of various aircraft ...

Argentine military documentary about the South Atlantic War.

A trip to West Africa by Guinness employees.

A lorry carrying crates of beer, it stops at an isolated building to make a delivery. Pan across the buildings in a small village. Exterior of the general store, with members of the ...

Short film about the old gun emplacements in Gibraltar and their modern counterparts.

Narrator tells story of Gibraltar having to defend its frontiers with guns; film of the old guns are followed by a reconstruction ...

A British regiment stationed in a newly independent African state is preparing to celebrate the Queen's birthday when Colonel Deal is ordered to hand over command to the African Captain Abraham pending the result of political ...

Family Safari in Bechuanaland (Botswana). It contains other interesting scenes of family life and work in progress.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Gibbs was a Surveyor with the Directorate of Overseas Surveys. He was in Northern ...

Family Safari in Bechuanaland (Botswana). It contains other interesting scenes of family life and surveying work in progress.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Gibbs was a Surveyor with the Directorate of Overseas Surveys. He was ...

Family on holidays in South Africa and Norway and life and work in Zambia.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Gibbs was a Surveyor with the Directorate of Overseas Surveys. He was in Northern Rhodesia between 1962/63, and in ...

Film made by the COI for the National Council for the Supply of Teachers Overseas. Shows how African children live, the schools they go to, and the type of education they can receive with the help of teachers from England. Also ...

Describes the various clans and peoples of the area and gives glimpses of the Annual Show, the Races, Christian Church life, a governor's visit, a visit of Gerald Durrell (the Naturalist), and the elections of 1957.

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Sequences showing the record of a great number of journeys made and visits to road and airfield construction in many parts of Nigeria and the Southern Cameroons, and also an international conference of road engineers in Mozambique ...

Pictures Lagos in 1955-61 with its fringes of old villages and the Brazilian Quarter of the city, in the process of being superseded. The work of the Lagos Executive Development Board is shown, and some road and bridge construction and ...

Eastern Region of Ghana showing large colourful grand festivals with processions of chiefs in Durbar. Asafo military organisation showing their uniform and flags and banners at their Asafo Tufiam or annual festival.

Moko ...

Subjects include crossing the Volta River by cable ferry; Ya Na Abdulai III, King of Dagbon, at Savelugu during independence celebrations, March 1957; Dagomba (Dagbamba) ritual drumming at Savelugu; roof thatchers at work near ...

1. Military moments ; N. Rhodesian 1st. Battalion's last parade before Independence Day 1964. Last Queen's Birthday Parade at Ndola (Regular Army, T.A. and Police Units participating) Pres. Kaunda visiting a T.F. camp at Tug Argan ...

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 ...

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 ...

1. the opening of the Zambian National Assembly 1964 - with tribal dancing, official celebrations and speech from the rostrum. 2. Family footage (visit to official gardens in Salisbury, Army family quaters, family pets, children ...

Arrival at Singapore, freedom of the city, visits to naval and military bases, schools and university; Kuala Lumpur - parade of voluntary workers, Mallaca hospital visit, Kinrara military hospital.

Report on the negotiations with the Chinese government on the fate of British control of Hong Kong on the expiry of the lease there in 1996. Interviewed are Robert Adley and Sir Peter Blaker.

Navy Documentary film set onboard the Centaur Class aircraft carrier HMS Hermes (R.12).

Includes interviews with LAEM (Leading Air Engineering Mechanic) John McCulloch, LAEM 'Scouse' Aitken and LAEM Ken Middleton. ...

Looks at Hong Kong, and its growing business centre, geared to cope with business deals from all over the world.

Shows the daily life of a Thai family during the rice harvest

Story of a police officer in Sierra Leone who has a love affair with a girl during his wife's absence and contemplates suicide.

The Heart of the Matter, based upon Graham Greene’s prize- ...

Jamaican dockside worker suspected of killing spiv compatriot, hides from the police in panic but is befriended by paper-boy and his grandfather. Through the lad's sharpness a drug-smuggling racket is finally brought home to the culprit, ...

About the experiences of two young English women in India, two generations apart, in the 1920s and 1980s. Anne, a young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia, and becomes obsessed with their revelation of ...

Documentary about the Triads of Hong Kong, whose members run the drug traffic, gambling, porn shops, the film industry and almost every aspect of Hong Kong life, and also wield influence over the police and government officials.

A journalist becomes involved with a gang in Hong Kong by means of a microfilm found accidentally, with nightclub dancer and girl journalist complications.