JUNGLE AIRLIFT 1956
Story of an expedition to drill an exploratory oil well in the jungle of Salawati (New Guinea), to which helicopters are used to fly in the derrick and drilling equipment.
Story of an expedition to drill an exploratory oil well in the jungle of Salawati (New Guinea), to which helicopters are used to fly in the derrick and drilling equipment.
Documentary about the Westland Wessex V helicopter, seen in action in Borneo; also features Gurkhas in action.
The process of planning, constructing and operating a jungle fort (Fort Dixon) in the jungles of Pahang.
Over aerial shots of the jungle, the commentator announces that ‘In Malaya today the security forces ...
Jungle Jim survives a number of encounters with natives and whites all after riches.
Film about RAF, and especially Transport Command, in the Far East.
The only means of supplying troops in the jungle is by parachute drop or helicopter. Beverley para-drops supplies - need for precision to avoid ...
Uganda 1956, Malindi, Rome.
Collection in general contains Queen's birthday celebrations, Independence celebrations, family on safari in Northern province, as well as daily life on an upcountry station.
Various shots Institute of Administration in Zaria, and mature students preparing for & taking part in an exercise 'Operation Hiltops'. The trainees set off for a number of remote villages in the Kauru hills and their experiences ...
Various shots of trainees from the Institute of Administration departing from the village of Kono after a celebration of music and dancing by the villagers in the students' honour.
Training Camp sequence of students ...
The film shows students of the Administrative Service Training Course during the 1961 census at Karaye in Kano Province at which the students trained and supervised the enumerators. Various shots of the camp at Karaye rest house ...
The Outward Bound School at Kurra Falls on Jos Plateau in Central Nigeria:
abseiling, obstacle course, and swimming lessons.
Different students on attachment with district officers - I) Maiduguri District Office, 2) ...
1: Domestic scenes during Christmas in Honiara, the Solomon Islands.
2: Family on holiday in England, in the hills & amongst sheep. 3: Scenes in the Gilbert & Ellice Islands, including The Queen's Birthday Regatta, a School ...
1: Marriage of Governor's PA & ADC (Islanders)
2: New Zealand family footage. 3: Official tours with welcoming ceremonies, dancing & beach scenes - Tuvalu, Viatupu & the Britten - Norman Islands.
4: Collecting & ...
Various fairwells - 1. Goodbye visit to Taborio School. 2. Dancing displays at Maneabas. 3. Departure from Embassy by London taxi. 4. Official goodbuy at airport by the Cabinet & Ieremia Tabai (future President). 5. A family ...
1. Mr. J. Smith teaching island boys how to sail traditional craft.
2. A scout camp for island boys.
Production / Donor Details: John Smith began his career in the Colonial Service in Nigeria. He was the Course ...
The history and development of the site - a new township for industrial working blacks.
THE PEOPLE OF THE KARAMOJA DISTRICT OF UGANDA
Amateur film of Karamoja, Uganda, shot by Michael Wigglesworth who worked as a town planner in Uganda when it was a British colony.
Footage includes: Blood drinking ceremony, cattle market, rain making ceremony, pygmies dancing to ...
The building of the Kariba dam.
The construction of the Kariba Dam; opening by Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother 17/5/60; removal of wildlife from the affected area - Operation Noah.
About the Kawelka, New Guinea highlanders.
Europeasn are armed in Nairobi, now a "special area"; increased precautions against the Mau Mau.
Scenes in heavily guarded courtroom as Jomo Kenyatta and five other Mau Mau leaders were tried and sentenced.
The first election in Kenya; interviews with R.G. Ngala, Jomo Kenyatta and Thomas Joseph Mboya.