Incomplete film on the role of British forces around the world in the mid 1960s, including a summary of the British units stationed in Gibraltar, Cyprus, North Africa, Aden, Singapore, Hong Kong and Guyana. Ian Mikardo, Labour MP for Poplar, comments ...
Documentary about the Christian position in the Rhodesian war. There are Christians supporting both sides - is the Christian message political or above politics? The black leaders in the conflict, including Robert Mugabe, ...
Based on the novel by Peter Viertel describing his experiences with John Huston during the preparation for the shooting of the AFRICAN QUEEN, the story depicts the obsession of fictional movie director John Wilson (based on Huston) with the African ...
A famous murder case among Kenya's British colonial society in the 1940s.
The Triad gangs and the heroin trade in Hong Kong. This material was reused and updated in SMACK CITY (13/07/96).
The affect of Mr. Smith's announcement of majority rule within two years on white rhodesians. Includes an interview with the Bishop of Umtali.
Judith travels to the Caribbean island of Anguilla, John Carter takes a Norwegian Coastal cruise and Anna Walker visits the Spanish Pyrenees.
Note. This was not the scheduled edition, see transmission details ...
Mary Nighingale enroles for a cookery course with cordon bleu chef Raymond Blanc. Rhodri Owen gets fit at a sports complex in Ibiza. Stacey Young explores Anguilla at carnival time.
I. HA over the parade ground at Radfan Camp (?), covered in heaps of soldiers' kit - a Wessex helicopter approaches to pick up two cargo nets laden with gear and flies off. LA of Wessex picking up more kit. CUs as ...
Reports on the World Council of Churches' dilemma over whether to give money to the Patriotic Front, whose guerillas have been accused for recent atrocities in Rhodesia.
A McDonald's franchise holder has been fined for breach of child labour laws. 'Jobs for Kids'. Are children being exploited or gaining independence. Includes phone interview with Ray Jethra (TUC Youth Officer).
Is the ...
Good shots of local children, sailing, donkey race, etc.
The wildlife of Ascension Island, including the wild cats, terns and green turtles.
Scenes in Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and the UK, 1957-69
Production / Donor Details: The film was shot by Terence Leslie William Windle, private Secretary to Sir John Rankine in Nigeria from 1951 to 1958 and a District Officer in ...
Men of the Yorkshire Regiment being interviewed on various locations in Gibraltar.
The men discuss how they came to be in the army and how they like Gibraltar. Scenes of a band parading for the Changing of the Guard, ...
A look at the Rhodesian Young Scientific Exhibition.
Film biography of the youth of Winston Churchill.
DOCUMENTARY. A report a week after Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) and the possible effects on Zambia.
No titles. Yachts sailing on Lake Kariba (0:10). A black man helps ...
Despite orders to the contrary from the British government, the English forces in Natal in 1879 attack the Zulu King Cetschwayo, leading to the massacre of 1500 British soldiers by 25,000 Zulu warriors.
Film giving an overview of the Falklands War, from the departure of the taskforce from the UK to arrival in the South Atlantic, the landings at San Carlos and the Argentine surrender. Logistics, the use of 'ships taken up from trade', the importance ...
Documentary showing life in the Women's Royal Naval Service, described by Wrens in their own words.
The demands and satisfactions of a career in the WRNS are illustrated by reference to work and off-duty scenes at a ...
The variety and responsibility of life in the WRAF.
Airwomen of the WRAF are introduced at an Operation Flight Station and in other roles such as drivers, policewomen and clerks. Women fold parachutes, take part in ...
Illustrates the procedures to be carried out for approaches to, and departures from, Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong.
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Content information copied from SSVC RAF Catalogue of Training Films & Video Tapes 1989
Twenty interviews with soldiers of 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, Argentinian soldiers, and British leaders on events during the Battle of Goose Green in the Falklands War, 1982, recorded in 1995-1996 for a Channel 4 ...
First in a series of four Army films giving an account of the battle for the Falkland Islands from the personal viewpoints of people involved, including officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in addition to Army ...
Cutting copy, final assembly of the documentary "The Falklands War: The Untold Story" made by Yorkshire Television, transmitted on the fifth anniversary of the conflict, 1 April 1987.
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Against the background of other major events in 1941, the fall of Hong Kong may well have held little significance to the Public in the UK, and yet the grim battles fought over the impassive hills of Hong Kong Island reflected the spirit of the ...
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1 Coy on patrol at Goose Bay, bay in background
Patrolling L ...
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Parade formed up opposite the Falkland Islands War Memorial
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10-00-00-00 Coy signpost - No 1 Coy Irish Guards
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Youth Recreation Centre at the Hong Kong Life Guard Club is opened by the Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose. The two reels show the same events (the banquet, presentations, speeches etc) from two different cameras.
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A documentary film looking back at Britain's military conflicts from the Peninsula Wars to the Falklands, and the men that fell during those wars.
Recruitment film for the Royal Navy, following the experiences of a new cadet.
A 16 year old boy on a council estate, wondering what to do with his life, sees a Royal Navy commercial and decides to enlist; 30 months ...
Pre-Falklands Press Day, 4th/5th Battalion the Royal Irish Rangers (Territorial Regiment).
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Technical: labelled "Original".
Newsfilm of the British Army on security operations in Aden.
Briefing film to give armed forced personnel and their families an insight into the conditions of service in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories. Showing the work of 51 Infantry Brigade, 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade and the Army Air Corps; "HMS ...
Dramatised film in which the Leander Class frigate HMS Achilles (F.12), deployed to the Caribbean, provides disaster relief following a hurricane. While the ship's Wasp helicopter assesses the extent of the damage, teams from the ship land on Antigua ...
