The claims made by South Africa on the protectorates of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland.
The film begins by offering a historical consideration of the three territories. First, Bechuanaland, which is 'mostly ...
Things about Hong Kong: Victoria Harbour; junks and sampans; Kai Tai Airport; Kowloon peninsular; what people do for living; houses; religions; sports; agriculture; plants.
Agricultural Show; visit to Tai O; launching a ferry boat; H.R.H. Prince Philip visits Hong Kong.
Holiday shots on Lantau Island.
Dragon Boat Festival and dragon boat races.
Shows clearing and harvesting scenes at Kongwa linked with developments in ground nuts scheme.
Film shows the work of the small village pottery at Naraguta, a few miles outside Jos, Plateau Province. The pots are made, fired and taken to market for sale. A family buys a pot and takes it home for use.
Production / Donor ...
Film shows a model steam engine; tin-mining on the plateau of Northern Nigeria; the Governor of Nigeria arriving at Kaduna, reviewing troops and laying foundation stone for the new House of Assembly for the Northern Region; a sala ...
Records footage of the various members of Mr Gill's staff, European and African, who worked in the Public Works Department of what is now the North-West Province of the Cameroon Republic.
It includes sequences of the maintenance ...
Records the journey and experiences of a team of engineers from the Public Works Departments of Western, Eastern and Federal Nigeria at a Road Conference in Kenya.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Gill was a Provincial ...
1. Views of game in Tanganyika.
2. Dambuilding in Nzega and tribal 'turnout', Tanganyika. 1956-1958.
3. Nzega Agricultural Show, Tanganyika.
4. Film of Nzega District Agricultural Show (Wannamwezi Tribe).
5. ...
6. Film of a Masai parade, possibly for the Governor's visit in 1953-4.
7. Various views of Tanganyika.
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9. Pangani 1951. Tanga Province, Tanganyika. 10. Arrival at Dar es Salaam 1952; Governors visit to Masasi ...
HMS Glory leaves Grand Harbour, Valletta.
HA of HMS Glory as she leaves Malta, steaming left to right past the camera. The crew man the side, with Sea Furies parked abreast the island, and ...
Lord Mountbatten with family and friends swimming and skin-diving from a launch.
There are also some shots of them boarding the launch from a warship (HMS Surprise?) and of local fishermen at work in harbour ( ...
Story of the development of Hong Kong over the last 15 years, including the growth of new industries and social services. It also shows how Hong Kong has become a key-point of Far Eastern commerce and communications, and the part it plays in world ...
The films include the Queen's Birthday Parade at Police Training School, Kijango; the Police Training Retreat Parade; a Christmas Party at the Police Training School; an Air Show at Nyeri, and other general and family scenes ...
The films include the Queen's Birthday Parade at Police Training School, Kijango, the Police Training Retreat Parade, a Christmas Party at the Police Training School, an Air Show at Nyeri, and other general and family scenes ...
No titles. Colonial visitors attend a festival/exhibition in Britain. LS line of colonial visitors, mainly Africans and Asians. At the head of the queue is a Nigerian (16). MS of the Nigerian seated and smiling ...
Programme intended to prompt discussion on East African affairs.
A map of the area introduces a brief demographic and economic survey - active manpower is the region's main economic asset. The process of change can ...
Government information film on East Africa.
A brief historical survey introduces the foreign racial elements - Arab, European and Indian - while characterising the natives as "sometimes delightful, but sometimes ...
Ceremony of the handing over of Somaliland which is to be administered once again by Italy under United Nations trusteeship. The British flag is lowered and the Italian raised.
Amateur footage featuring Noel Coward in Jamaica.
Amateur film. Footage of Cyprus, Crete, Israel and Jerusalem.
Gives an example of a supply drop to a jungle patrol, from the preparation necessary before a patrol sets out to the actual recovery of the supplies and their utilisation in the jungle.
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Content information copied from SSVC RAF ...
