Tribeswoman with baby on her back, hut on top of steep hillside. Villagers (the Puroiks (Sulungs)? in Assam), cockerel, exotic flowers, leaf insect, green snake, cutting trees, building hut, fire, cutting logs, making ...
Assam tribal dances taken in Shillong when Lord Mountbatten arrived in 1947.
Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, on duty in Malaya: girls operating switchboard, office workers, girls playing tennis, relaxing in sitting room and attending a lecture on Malayan geography.
Concerted attacks by the RAF and British Army on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma are seen both from the air and from the ground.
Airborne view ...
Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and scenes after its capture.
Footage taken ...
As troops of 2nd Division advance towards Ywathitgyi on the River Irrawaddy in Burma, field and medium artillery provide support, along with heavy ...
On a wet day in Rangoon, capital of Burma, a pro-independence rally sees Aung San address a large crowd at the Thein Byu football ground.
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Pilots of an Artillery Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, attached to 26th Indian Division, practice landing in confined areas on Ramree Island, Burma ...
The Australian and New Zealand contingents to the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II are inspected by C-in-C Mediterranean.
Admiral Mountbatten visits HMAS Sydney in Grand Harbour, Malta; ...
CINEMAGAZINE. New Guinea natives follow noble calling. Archery proves great sport for war veterans. Fine freighter completed in Brisbane yards. Melbourne girl completes her own little theatre.
CINEMAGAZINE. Aborigines are forte of self-taught sculptor. Child welfare centre is boon in New Guinea. Plastic bowls show they run true to form. The history of duelling through the ages.
CINEMAGAZINE. Architectural modelling at Sydney University. Tasmanian re-enactment of the Federal Council of Australia. Pottery making in Western Australia. Native school teachers in New Guinea.
Australian soldiers of 1st Parachute Battalion lay on a Christmas party for children, both local and from a nearby camp of freed Dutch internees, in ...
Current affairs report examines Britain's efforts to contain Indonesian guerrilla activity in Borneo and Sarawak (Malaysia), where 1st Battalion 7th Gurkhas are seen on patrol and are interviewed, and raises ...
An edition of Fox Movietone News, Australian ...
A fictional study of Imperial India seen through the reminiscences of an exiled daughter of a Marajah and an elderly English tutor who meet over afternoon tea. Includes actual newsreels of court life discovered in the archives of the Raj ...
Expert advice given to villagers to plant and grow vegetables for better yield and produce. Very similar to IT PAYS TO SPRAY.
(22B/second series) June/July 1947: Dr Magnes (President of Hebrew University of Jerusalem) addresses members of UNSCOP (United Nations Special Committee on Palestine), speaking in English at the end of a luncheon; Sandstrom chairman of UNSCOP ...
(216A) April 1940: (item continued from MGH 1438). Trench digging instruction; training in use of rifle. Pay parade. Scenes in mess - men queue for food and drink, relax in mess hall. Parade on drill square - unidentified British officer takes ...
(16B/second series) July/August 1946: With the leadership of the Jewish Agency imprisoned by the British on 29th June 1946 (called by the Jews 'Black Sabbath') Golda Meir was in acting command of the Jewish Agency. As an act of defiance she ...
(9B/second series) September 1945: The first few days of Kibbutz Nitzanim, showing plans and models for the future. Note the Nazi concentration camp numbers tattooed on arms of some kibbutzniks. This kibbutz was largely destroyed in the 1948 ...
The series on independent travel goes on two very different trips to islands in the Atlantic; on the Azores islands of Sao Miguel, Pico and Faial in the Azores in the North Atlantic; and by Royal Mail ship via Ascension Island to ...
Various scenes in Nigeria, including family life (swimming, relaxing, picnics etc.) and some large public gatherings (possibly official events?)
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in ...
Scenes of the Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Nigeria, including preparations, bunting in streets, crowds. Also scenes of home life.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial ...
Family scenes, holidays (local leave?), relaxing - swimming, boating, tennis.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial service in Nigeria after WW2.
Nigerian Police Passing out parade and Christmas in Nigeria
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial service in Nigeria after WW2.
Nigerian troops on parade; family scenes.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial service in Nigeria after WW2.
Life in Malaya, including British social occasions, the slaughtering of a cow and goats, and processions in honour of the Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
St. Alban's church (Lutheran) on Azania Front.
A street scene showing a shop selling kangas.
Twiga Hotel - the most modern hotel at that time.
The Buddhist temple in Garden Avenue.
The pombe (beer) market.
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Helicopters operate from RFA Stromness(?) en route to the Falklands; aircraft arriving and departing at Ascension Island.
A Lynx helicopter is filmed from the deck of the ship as it lands, takes off ...
Excerpts from a concert at Hong Kong Stadium on 25 June 1997, shortly prior to handover: in attendance is Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten.
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Remarks: only Tapes 2 and 3 held by IWM.
Includes shots of Agricultural Officers on tour and various agricultural and fisheries research projects including coffee and groundnuts. These are interspersed with shots of African schoolgirls invited to tea with their Teacher ...
Various items showing people and places in the life of an Agricultural Officer in Northern Rhodesia.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Mr Anton-Smith, an Agricultural Officer in Northern Rhodesia (and later Zambia). ...
Agricultural Workers in Northern Rhodesia 1961-62.
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Mr Anton-Smith, an Agricultural Officer in Northern Rhodesia (and later Zambia). His wife Anne was a Teacher and later ...
Tom and Sukie arrive in Malta to spend the holidays with their father, an archaeologist digging for a legendary golden statue of Calypso on the island of Gozo. He fails to meet the children who make friends with Jiminy, a Maltese boy, ...
Film is mostly taken up with scenes on board ship, though there are some scenes in Aden: a car being loaded with baggage, and some people at work on cars, perhaps in a mechanic's shop (cars have Aden license plates).
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Amateur. People on beach. Locals fishing.
Propaganda film made by Africans to show the people of Nigeria that leprosy can be cured if early treatment is taken instead of their relying on the witch doctors.
Unedited Rhodesian footage.
A map pinpointing the location of Rhodesia in the African continent; scenes of black Rhodesians; whites at a polling station; Ian Smith at the Commonwealth Relations office.
DOCUMENTARY. Tourist attractions of the Bahamas and the new properties under construction.
AMATEUR. Footage of events in Bahrain 1938-48.
Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving the structure into position. A British officer directing ...
Anthony Smith and cameraman Douglas Botting fly by balloon from Zanzibar to the mainland of Africa.
AMATEUR. Baluch regimental sports; farewell parade for Colonel and Mrs. Lord; farewell to Viceroy Commissioned officers; Welfare farewell to Mrs. Lord.
Baluch Regimental sports. Patsy and trap. The Regimental Cenotaph. Views of the sports - ...
After the fall of the city of Shwebo in ...
Biography of a banana, from Jamaican plantation to greengrocer's stall.
Record of Baptist Missionary Society tour led by Herbert Janes (later Sir Herbert Janes). Various parts of Southern Africa (including Rhodesia), covering travel, location and landscape shots, shots of rural and urban life and some footage ...
