The General arrives at Kuala Lumpur to take over as High Commissioner of Malaya, and is greeted and shown the secretariat by deputy McGillivray.

The people of Malaya celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953.

The film opens with shots of fireworks and evening celebrations, showing signs reading ‘Long Live Our Queen& ...

Life in Malaya during the Emergency.

Jungle scenes during the Communist uprising. A rubber planter and his lifestyle in the Emergency. Tapping rubber and guarding against guerrilla attacks. Driving into Kuala Lumpur by ...

MGH 5130: Scenes in Malaya ca 1950 include Gurkhas swimming with officers off Penang Island, armoured train sequence and rail jeep used during Emergency for transport up country.

MGH 5131- 5132: Scenes in Malaya ca 1950 include Cameron ...

Reel One. New students arrive. Ceremony of enrolment and Vice-Chancellor's introductory speech. Undergraduates grow accustomed to the new routines; "The learning part has begun". Medicine requires a clearly defined course of laboratory work, classes ...

AMATEUR FILM

Reel 1: Aerial view of Malaysia from plane; Kuala Lumpar; Kuala Lumpar airport; taking off in a Beever Aircraft and interiors during flight; aerial view; KUANTAN AIRPORT: landing and airport buildings; aerial views of coast; DUNGAN ...

Recital of heroic defence of Malta in 1942.

TV play about the lives of West Indian immigrants in Britain.

Dramatisation of the Bakiga people's attempt to cultivate the Kigezi district of Uganda, and their encounter with the Pygmies.

The camera zooms in on a map to an area marked Kigezi. As crowds gather, 'the soldier' reads an article ...

Young African witnesses a pocket picking and helps the police, is impressed by the police and decides to join. He undergoes training and is seen on patrol in the bush.

Local land inspector looks at farmer's land where poor farming methods by the "mostly idle" blacks has led to erosion. The women are coerced into carrying out conservation work and are pleased at the improvements in the crops.

Dramatised advertising film for Lux toilet soap intended for African audiences.

The film opens with an African man sitting and playing guitar while two African women sit at his feet and sing in turn. The African man is next shown in his car ...

The background to the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya and steps being taken to suppress it.

The film opens with dramatised footage of a village being burned and its inhabitants slaughtered by Mau Mau terrorists. ...

No titles available. Depicts opening ceremony of Mbereshi Hospital, N. Rhodesia, 11/01/1958. Also shows work of the hospital and medical work in the surrounding areas. Possibly duplicates parts of the LMS film 'Build a Hospital'(minus sound).

The operation of a mechanical workshop (PWD IJORA) which repairs government machinery and property in Nigeria.

Escort for HM Queen Elizabeth II, May 1954, in final stages of Commonwealth Tour: Mediterranean.

(Part 1) From HMS Britannia, 2nd May. (Part 2) From HMS Eagle, 2nd May. (Part 3) From HMS ...

Activities of men of the Mediterranean Fleet around Malta and Gibraltar, April 1954.

Mediterranean Fleet Clearance Diving Team arrives at Luqa Airport to travel to Gibraltar as an evolution. ...

The Mediterranean Fleet at Gibraltar, April 1954.

Mediterranean Fleet and French Destroyer Squadron leave harbour at Gibraltar for combined exercises in the Mediterranean before their visit ...

Ships of the Mediterranean Fleet in Malta after Combined Fleet Exercises.

Shots taken from Marino Pinto onto Grand Harbour show Maltese dghaisa (dghajsa) bringing libertymen ashore; HMS Tyne ...

I. Opening ceremony onboard the Sea Scouts Guardship TS Egmont in Malta. C-in-C Mediterranean, Admiral Lord Mountbatten (who was also Chief Scout) comes onboard with Lady and Pamela Mountbatten. He inspects the ship. Countess ...

Ships of the Mediterranean Fleet (HMS Glasgow, HMS Gambia, HMS Manxman) leave Grand Harbour and submarines leave Msida Creek for the Coronation celebrations.

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NATO commanders meet at HQ in Lascaris, Malta.

Allied Commanders-in-Chief gather at NATO HQ at Lascaris in Malta to discuss "matters of common interest". Seen arriving are Admiral Mountbatten ...

Story of adventures of group of white people in building railway from Mombasa to Uganda in 1880.

A party from HMS Protector and men of the Falkland Islands Defence Force participate in a memorial ceremony at the Battle of the Falklands Memorial in Port Stanley.

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