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.

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

Survey of the desperate need of Hong Kong and Guam for arms against the forces of Japanese aggression.

Amateur film. Coasting along Borneo from Sumatra to British North Borneo (now called Sabah).

"Damage to river bank by 1939 floods": muddy bank with exposed under-strata and small landslips. Estate buildings. "Coasting round Borneo". "Kuching, ...

Amateur film shot by British Army Doctor showing a variety of scenes in and around Mysore (Southern India) including festival scenes in Mysore (Dussehra), Mysore Zoo.

Colour: train along tracks; sign - "Mysore Sandal Soap"; Cauvery Falls B&W: ...

Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society at the Boys' Boarding School, Mbereshi, N. Rhodesia - a teacher training school and upper standard school for boys. Features Rev. R. H. Sabin, Rev. Griffith Quick, Rev. T. Cocker-Brown.

Depicts life in Port Moresby, Papua, including the history of the London Missionary Society mission and its pioneer missionaries, and the current life of the mission.

Depicts scenes from Festival week at the London Missionary Society Girls' Boarding School, Mbereshi, to celebrate the first 25 years of the School's life and also to mark the departure of missionary Mabel Shaw after 25 years of service.

Features the launch 'Tamate', named after the London Missionary Society missionary James Chalmers, stationed at the Society's mission station at Aird Hill at the western end of south east Papua, on the Kikori River. Depicts a trip on the 'Tamate' along ...

Narrative story of two children, Betty and Bob, who visit the offices of the London Missionary Society in London (Livingstone House) and use the library and archives to discover the story of the LMS. Film aimed at a young audience.

A record of the Thaw Asiatic Expedition. The Maharajah of Mysore and the Prime Minister. The Krishna Raja Saga Dam and the Gometswara sanctuary.

Amateur footage of a baby girl on a couch; walking in a livng room with a Chinese man and the mother (?); the woman and baby in a pram; the christening (?); the baby in a high chair with toys.

Everyday glimpses of Chinese life in Hong Kong, showing the mix of eastern and western influences, both ancient and modern.

Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society on Mailu amongst the Dimugu people.

An Afrikaner farmer and his African farm hands drive a team of twelve oxen from Capetown to the interior. Their progress is contrasted with the journey from Capetown to Johannesburg by van train and aeroplane.

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Amatuer footage of English family scenes in India. Mountains and a building; a man and woman in a ricksahw; a man with the camera; a small girl in garden with Chinese (?) man; convoy of mules on road; English woman, Chinese man and girl having a picnic ...

Depicts life at the London Missionary Society's mission station at Aird Hill, at the western end of south east Papua, on the Kikori river. Includes footage of the Aird Hill Technical School, sago making, and a trip on the 'Tamate' launch to Urama, Mate ...

No title or credits. Depicts voyages of the London Missionary Society's mission ship, John Williams VI, in the Pacific Islands and Australia.

Depicts the pageant held on 4th June 1940 at the London Missionary Society Girls' Boarding School, Mbereshi, to celebrate the coming of Christ into the lives of girls and women in Africa.

Amateur film. Various street scenes and masked dance troupe.

No credits available. Titles show dates only - probable that a commentary was intended to be read alongside film. Depicts the history of the mission ships used by the London Missionary Society in the Pacific islands and Papua, from the beginning of the ...

Narrative story of Kasoma, and African boy from the village of Manunga, N. Rhodesia. The story begins in his village and depicts the traditional way of life. Kasoma decides to leave the village to seek work in the new mining towns of the Copper Belt, ...

Glimpses of London Missionary Society stations in the South Pacific obtained by the Rev. Norman Goodall (on deputation, 1939-40?). Includes Upolu and Apia in Samoa, Rarotonga in the Cook islands, Niue, Ronorono, Beru in the Gilbert Islands, Funafuti in ...

INTEREST. Opening shot of the cargo ship, the "Ionian" lying in bay at Gibraltar. The cargo is unloaded and the ship prepares to sail. The furnace is stacked up and the engineer tests the oil-level. The ship sails on from Gibraltar to Malta. ...

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Titles on this item include: KING GEORGE VISITS INDIAN ARMY CAMP 'CLARE' FLIES BACK BRINGS U.S. PILOTS MRS. CHURCHILL AT NEW ZEALND CLUB The ARMY GIVES NELSON A TREAT CANADIAN PILOTS GET THEIR ...

INTEREST. A look at a day's activities in a Jewish colony at Deganya, Palestine.

Aerial views of Deganya, which the commentary says is a model Jewish colony. It is at the southern end of Lake Kinneret, of which several shots follow. Shots also ...

Amateur footage of English family life in India. Woman and girl in house, mountains and snow; girl playing in snow with man; five children playing outside; six girls in a group; CU of woman and girl playing in the garden.

Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society Girls' Boarding School at Mbereshi, N. Rhodesia. Features missionaries Mabel Shaw and Winifred Bishop.

Oceanliner voyage with large number of small children showing how they were kept amused on board. Scenes of unidentified large oceanside town on Indian Ocean (East Africa or India).

Mrs Chisman has her horse brought from the stables at her colonial bungalow. Her groom in attendance. She gallops the horse over the 'Downs'. Good shots of the Indian servants.

Meeting of the 'Fox Hunters' with their pack ...

I. Reel One. Newly decorated naval officers outside Buckingham Palace - a Lieutenant shows his wife his medal in its presentation case.

II. Minelaying. LS off the port bow of HMS Plover steaming in ...

I. Rushes for the instructional film "Boats and Boatwork", A.64. Cutters and ketches.

II. Naval material. HA.MLS of Thames Class submarine in Grand Harbour, Malta. MS profile of Sealion Class and forward 3/4 MS of Thames Class submarines. ...

20 November. One of the supply ships of the first convoy to enter Tobruk since its capture by the Eighth Army moves across the harbour with a navy patrol boat passing in the foreground. Another boat ...

Company of Indian members of the AMPC (Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps) (recruited mainly from Lascars at docks and ports) clearing up Sloane Street underground station, London, after air raid. Indian ...

Shots taken in Western Desert around Matruh, Egypt. Madrassi sappers at work on anti-tank ditch with pneumatic drill. Further shots of Madrassi sappers, Cameronians filling sandbags, RHA building pillbox ...

139 Company AMPC (Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps) clearing debris in Bryanston Square and Park Crescent, London W1.

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139 Company under command of Major Hood MC, 2 Montagu Square, ...

First Italian prisoners arrive in Palestine, by train at Latroun. They disembark and run or walk to cookhouse for meal. Prisoners receiving food and eating. Australian sentries. Prisoners march off to ...

I. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, with senior British officers serving with Middle East Command in the grounds of the British Embassy in Cairo; among them are Major-General Richard O'Connor, commander of the 6th Division, and ...

Development programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika illustrate that "even in the midst of war, Great Britain does not shirk her responsibilities to her colonies."

An opening sequence of maps and stock shots ...

Ford mobile canteens involved in the blitz and in ceremonies.

The film is divided into 4 numbered and titled sections. "H M the Queen inspects Ford-built mobile canteens" The queen inspects mobile ...

I. Prague Trade Fair. Economic success of German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is demonstrated at Prague Trade Fair. Interior scenes include an electric train, while outside visitors inspect a locomotive.

II. Hitler Youth rowing and ...

I. Consequences of breakdown in Anglo-French relations for military situation in North Africa. Captured British film of Army exercises in Egypt, showing artillery practice, camel troops and Indian soldiers ("mercenaries from all over the world") ...

I. Tientsin.

British soldiers detrain on the quayside and form up before embarking on the Tak Sang out of Hong Kong. Surrender of Britain to Japanese pressure to evacuate this Far Eastern garrison is described as a ...

Bata employees celebrate St Wenceslas Day (28 September) and proclaim Czech solidarity with the British Allies' fight for freedom.

Commentary describes over views of Indian jungle and the Bata Shoe Company model ...

Film combines library material with actuality footage and specially recorded sequences. Spitfires Squadron scramble to intercept Heinkel He 111s reported by Royal Observer Corps spotters. Control centre gives orders ...