An enquiry into taboos, particularly sexual, around the world including scenes of: a bare-breasted Fijian night-club dancer, street scenes in Helsinki, a festival parade in Nagoya and lepers receiving holy communion at a leprosarium in India.
Illustrates the range of base training and field activities of the RAF Tactical Communications Wing, established to provide mobile ground communications to helicopter/Harrier squadrons in forward deployment, and occasionally in locations outside NATO ...
Film showing an army catering section at a camp in British Guiana.
Footage of the soldiers cooking is followed by shots of the canteen; the food being dished out; the site and the area around it; swimming; collecting ...
Aerial MS of HMS Fife (D.20) steaming at sea, with HMS Tiger in the background - the camera aircraft circles across Fife's bows. Cut to Tiger where various of the negotiators are gathered on the quarterdeck - Sir ...
RFA Stromness en route to the South Atlantic; scenes at the anchorage at Ascension Island.
Sir Percival comes alongside the camera ship (probably RFA Stromness) and replenishment activities begin. ...
Episodes from the BBC documentary series giving a history of the Falkland campaign.
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Summary: episode 3 appears to be missing
This film, which is part musical, part documentary, tells some of the stories of the South Seas, entirely in the words and music of the Pacific peoples themselves.
A brief history of telephones worldwide, with a special look at coomunications in Rhodesia.
Scenes include the 100T gun and general views of Gibraltar.
Scenes include views of Gibraltar, OBUA (Operations in Built Up Areas) and water sports.
Scenes include general views of Gibraltar, monkeys and "Redcap Challenge" (exercise ?).
Documentary. The Patonka tribe, their family structure, work methods are shown as they prepare to move to the highlands. The building of the Kariba Dam means the village will be flooded; preparation for the move, building a new village and the ...
One of a series of twelve short films, showing widely varied aspects of the personal and social consequences of the abuse of alcohol. The films are constructed around the message 'Think When You Drink'. A young Petty Officer with a promising career ...
Outline of the development of Rhodesia, including its industrial development, improvements in education and health service, and the good transport facilities.
This programme illustrates aspects of Service life in Gibraltar and is aimed at Service personnel and families who have been posted to, or are contemplating a posting to, Gibraltar. It is suitable for home and visiting ship viewing, and covers such ...
The problems faced by British authorities in trying to cope with the increasing population of Hong Kong.
HM ships Bossington, Hubberston and Maxton leave HMS Tamar, Hong Kong, on the start of the 80-day voyage back to Britain.
Captain goes up gangway onto HMS Bossington alongside in ...
Army Recruiting film aimed at potential members of the Royal Signals. The film describes the three routes of entry available, shows recruits engaged in drill, physical training and weapons training and goes on to look at the specialist technical and ...
Actuality: uncut footage, posibly out-takes of events during and surrounding the filming of "Thunderball" in the Bahamas.
Shots of large props including Harrier jet(?) being built; speedboat which separates from larger cruiser. Air ...
Short documentary about RAF Transport Command's regular flights to the Far East narrated by (and starring) Jon Rollason.
Reporter John Rollason, not an RAF man, is booked on a Transport Command Comet to Singapore, ...
About the Bedamini people of New Guinea whose life-style remians unchanged because they are cut off from the rest of the world on a big fertile plateau. It shows a society where all work, from simple farmwork to complicated house building is done ...
As the task force steamed south the politicians and diplomats tried to head off a military clash. General Mendez established themselves on the islands. Ascension Island was turned into a huge military base ...
This edition includes a report on the Vietnamese boat people and what Hong Kong is doing to help the refugees.
Items include: Boat people arriving in Hong Kong [7.32 dur] Botha talking about the new Muzorewa government in Rhodesia [5.05 dur], Botha talking about elections in Namibia [5.55 dur], and about the Wiehahn Commision in South Africa ...
