Shows all stages in the planting, growing, work in the ginner and the buying and selling of cotton.

A light comedy romance between a rich American diplomat and a Russian emigré princess from Hong Kong.

Countess Mountbatten's last tour in North Borneo.

The film shows her arrival and a number of visits to various establishments, and ends with a shot of a Union Jack sinking to half mast.

Motor transport of IV Corps crosses a Bailey bridge near Toungoo (Taungoo) during the Allied drive on Rangoon, Burma.

An Ordnance QF 40mm (Bofors) ...

Somewhere in northern Burma, a small wooden bridge is used by men, mules and vehicles to cross a river.

Indian troops pass camera. They pass through ...

The RAF provides air cover and drops supplies for men of the 2nd Division as they cross the River Irrawaddy, Burma.

Distant shot of Spitfire ...

In northern Burma, troops of 2nd Battalion The Buffs cross the Shweli River before the assault on Myitson, with machine gun, mortar and artillery fire ...

INTEREST. Singpore.

The sugar industry in Rhodesia, including:- 1960 Bulawayo trade show, the sugar pavillion and the visit by the Queen Mother, the Chirundu sugar estates, the processes involved in making and refining sugar.

General scenes in Aden showing back streets, domestic animals, goats, camels, etc. Water carts. Mountains in background. Buildings. Helicopter shown on ground. Descent of CS grenades from Helicopter. CS ...

A hunter kills a sacred lion and is cursed by a native chief. Unhealed he returns to Africa and kills the chief, and is healed.

A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.

Credits. Map of Cyprus with major towns and cities highlighted. Panned shot from waves lapping on a beach to the temple of Aphrodite. ...

Tom and Sukie arrive in Malta to spend the holidays with their father, an archaeologist digging for a legendary golden statue of Calypso on the island of Gozo. He fails to meet the children who make friends with Jiminy, a Maltese boy, ...

Includes shots of a harbour, ships and buildings. Street scenes in Zanzibar showing local people, rickshaws, children, policemen and other local life. Shots of the British Embassy, gardens and army bands. It shows a pier being built ...

Various scenes in and around Zanzibar Airport.

Various scenes of Aden harbour showing local boats and naval ships. Some film shot from on board a boat.

Various scenes of the Queen Mother's visit to Nairobi, including a Guard of Honour, her car arriving and the crowds waiting to greet her. It includes some interesting film of a troupe of local men dancing and playing drums as part of ...

Includes various scenes of a family on safari in Tanzania (Tanganyika), showing the scenery that they drive through, the villages & people that they visit and meet and the kind of roads and bridges that they drive along. It has a few ...

Ocean liner's passage from India though Suez Canal to Gibraltar. Passing troop ship in the Canal. Stop at Port Sudan. Passage through Canal. Marseilles. Passing submarine and sailing barque at sea. Rock of Gibraltar.

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About 400' of wildlife, mostly in Uganda National Parks, shot between 1958 and 1966. NOT edited into a coherent film.

Production / Donor Details: John Cleave was ADC Karamoja District for 11 years.

A year in the life of the people of Karamoja District, taken in 1958-60, edited.

Mostly in Matheniko county, and includes some Tepeth from Moroto mountain. Scenes include blood-letting (the major diet of the Karamojong is cattle- ...

A 300' edited record of the demarcation of the border between Uganda and Kenya from late 1959 to March 1960. The 6-month foot safari along the trackless border at the foot of the scarp was supported by camels, donkeys and porters. An ...

A foot safari with a District Forestry Office, James Lang-Brown, to the top of Mt. Napak, a massif on the border of Karamoja and Teso districts. Team of porters. Mountain scenery. with panoramic views. The mountains were declared ...

Scenes - mostly in Moroto - of living in Karamoja, Uganda.

Includes: building Morotochurch; a 'barazza' (meeting with tribesmen) in Rupa, a settlement at the foot of mount Moroto; the bi-weekly Moroto bus (the only public ...

A record of life in the District HQ of Karamoja Distrcit, Uganda, 1958 - 60. Edited. Personal film, but also show this remote station, the housing, office and dukas (shops), activities like refuse collection and the station farm, ...

A 275' edited record of the hand-over on Independence. Parade with the Governor handing over the PM Obote and some of the celebratory events that followed.

March-past of the 4th Kings African Rifles.

Multi-racial crowds at ...

A compendium of wildlife and scenes mostly in Uganda's game parks, in those days excellent, and some from Karamoja. 1958-1966. Edited.

Production / Donor Details: John Cleave was ADC Karamoja District for 11 years.

Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.

Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.

Srinagar, Spring 1946

Srinagar, 1946

A film depicting the work of the Palestine Police (i.e. British Police) training and going about their work in Palestine. Reel 1 includes a montage of scenes in rural and urban Palestine - including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, followed by ...

A film depicting the work of the Palestine Police (i.e. British Police) training and going about their work in Palestine. Reel 2 has scenes of dog training, mounted patrols through villages, interaction with Arab Police on camels, ...

Independence celebrations in Nigeria.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Cressy was Deputy Superintendent of the Palestine Police Force and then Deputy Commissioner of the Nigerian Police.

VHS containing various film items illustrating Mr Crouch's life and travels as a British official in Southern Arabia. It shows many aspects of life in the desert, including stunning scenery, military patrols, good shots of the Hadhrami ...

Family shots of Mr Crouch's engagement, wedding & honeymoon in East Africa. Back on duty in Aden, and other holiday footage.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Crouch served as a political officer in the Aden Protectorates and Aden ...

ACTUALITY. Dances by the palace troupe at Trivandrum Gopinath (amateur film).

Travelogue, showing the buildings, people and wildlife of Nairobi.

Over shots of modern Nairobi, the commentator outlines the transformation of the city under British rule over the previous fifty years. The film highlights the 'modern colonial ...

Documentary on the Caribbean, shot during the making of "Fire Down Below". Tour of Trinidad, sporting activities, carnivals and the Limbo dance performed to the music of a steel band.

A description of three of the Christian sects of the Shona and Ndebele immigrants from Southern Rhodesia, who came to live in Zambia between 1957 and 1964. It examines their position in 1969, the effects of their fundamentalist beliefs in ...

Instructional film, showing daily life in Palestine two thousand years ago.

DOCUMENTARY. A maternity hospital is built by natives in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana.

Rl.1 Opening shots of the natives of the village attending open-air school and learning to read. In his office, the Udi district ...

Detailed views of many dead Japanese soldiers, following their unsuccessful attack on British Army positions around Meiktila, central Burma, during the ...

Diamond smuggling in an African colony is foiled by the British commissioner.

The control of bilharzia and malaria in Rhodesia.

Documentary report about the killing of three IRA operatives (Mairead Farrell, Daniel McCann and Sean Savage) by the SAS in Gibraltar. The programme asks whether they were gunned down because lives were at risk, or as a result of a deliberate ...

A look at the report produced by Lord Windlesham and Richard Rampton QC on the programme THIS WEEK[28/04/88] about the shooting of three IRA suspects in Gibraltar by the SAS. The programme aroused much ...

William Savage, a collector for the British East India Company is drawn into the Thug cult (a group which strangles and rob travellers) when he attempts to infiltrate their ranks.