An interview between David Attenborough and the Samoan graduate student who later became Dr.Fanaafi Ma'ia'i discussing some of the issues raised in Traditional Samoa Film No. 7. The Samoan lady gives her views on Dr. Margaret Mead.

"The world's loneliest inhabited island" filmed during the Gough Island Scientific Survey in 1955-56. Geography, history, economy, etc.

State Visit (post Independence) by Emperor Haile Selassi. Grant of Independence; the arrival of official guests and the celebrations, Dr Banda opening Dam. Tribal dancing. Touring expedition up country by the author showing ...

Life of Mr and Mrs Twiss in Gold Coast in mid-50's. Swimming, tennis, friends, Xmas in the tropics (Nativity play), the beach, sports day. Mini and Landrover cars in use, interiors and exteriors of European homes, some scenes of African ...

USS Nautilus enters Malta.

USS Nautilus (571) enters Malta and secures to a buoy. The cameracraft approaches the American submarine for CUs.

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Technical: a print of unusually ...

Film abot Wankie national park, showing the park, camps, people game watching, and the game.

Amatuer film. Footage, with lots of close-ups, of wild elephants in Africa. Including shots of them grazing at the waterside and a herd with youngsters and young adult elephants.

Amateur footage of William Butlin on holiday in Africa on a riverboat safari.

Shot of William Butlin with an 8mm (?) camera filming bush vegetation/flowers (37 ft). A European car being loaded onto a river ferry/raft. WB chatting to ...

Amateur film of William Butlin on holiday in Africa.

Shot of William Butlin plus a European man and woman (possibly Nora, Butlin's mistress/second wife) wearing ponchos and straw hats. Shot of an African village; villagers dressed in ...

Amateur film of William Butlin on holiday in Africa.

William Butlin is greeted by a European man as he arrives in his car. Nearby African dancers are doing a display in the street. Shot of WB filming them. Shots of another group of ...

Amateur footage of William Butlin on holiday. Various pieces of footage, largely in Africa, including WB with his second wife (Nora (?)); on a boat; elephants on the riverbank; thatched huts; views from a speed boat across a lake.

Amateur footage of William Butlin on holiday in Africa. Shots of WB at his hotel, on safari, on a riverboat, using an 8mm camera during his holiday.