A visit to the Guard Dog School, Ulu Pandan, Singapore, and to Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur, where tracker dogs are trained by men of the 1st Royal Hampshires.

CU of the ...

A boisterous crossing the line ceremony on HMS Warrior off West Africa, and Exercise Shop Window, in which South African military and civilian VIPs are taken onboard to see the ship put through its ...

A modern prison in Malaya is not only a place of punishment but of rehabilitation. Through the eyes of a man on a long-term sentence, the film shows how once the discipline of prison life has been accepted, a man can earn privileges and ...

Native dancing: fishing: native children swimming. Motor launch on river: compound showing living quarters. Water tower: pumping station; sports day activities: tug of war: canoe races: obstacle race: swimming ...

Detailed report (presuming prior screening of Operation Cauldron film) on trials carried out at Green Cay, Bahamas (from 1/1954 to 6/1954) of spraying toxic agent (flown from Fort Dietrich, USA) ...

Army Documentary film set in the camp of the 1st Battalion, the Cameronians in Malaya. The film consists of various scenes of camp life, including administrative work, laundry, the loading of food onto a truck, armourers at work, maintenance taking ...

I. Lord and Lady Mountbatten attend a polo match - Lord Louis is the referee. After the match they are seen driving off in an open car.

II. Lord Mountbatten at the end of his tour of duty in Malta (December 1954) bids farewell on the quayside ...

The annual Navy vs. Army Polo Match in Malta in the presence of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. The Navy wins and Lord Mountbatten takes the cup from the Queen.

Notes

Technical: filmed at 16 fps.

Summary of Allied naval, amphibious and land exercises held in Eastern Mediterranean and Northern Europe, including a mushroom burst simulating an atomic explosion, demonstrates the military preparedness of "the peoples ...

Amateur footage of Harvard and Lincoln planes operating in Kenya. The film includes images of a bombing raid over the Nyambeni Forest.

Filmed from inside the cockpit of a plane, the colour footage initially shows a plane taking off. The film ...

Murut agriculture in Borneo in 1954-55.

Training of the first 400 of Singapore's National Servicemen.

Extracts from RHODESIAN SPOTLIGHTs, a cinemagazine.

"Visit of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury". Geoffrey Fisher at Victoria Falls, Lusaka and Kitwe, and various mission in between. A visit to ...

Amateur film. Tanker leaving `Southern Harvester'; arriving Leith Harbour; `Southern Harvester' from the air; whale thrashing; whales alongside `Southern Harvester'.

Amateur film. Leith Harbour; floating dock; pumps; `Southern Harvester'; floating factory; gunner in corvette; pipes for blowing; playing the whale.

Cocoa plantations in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and how they are affected by insects and the negligence of farmers.

Detailed survey of Cyprus today. Explains islands strategic location in relation to international politics. History of island outlined up to and from 1878 when Britain was asked to defend the island.

Local land inspector looks at farmer's land where poor farming methods by the "mostly idle" blacks has led to erosion. The women are coerced into carrying out conservation work and are pleased at the improvements in the crops.

A film made to recruit Iraquis for the oil industry.

Story of an Englishman involved with the Mau Mau in Kenya.

Four couples describe their holidays:- Kariba/Eastern Highlands, Lake Nyasa, Victoria Falls, Lake Tangyanika.

The development of the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland from the visions of Livingstone and Rhodes, two generations ago.

Comedy. Mr. Mensah entrusts the building of his house to his irresponsible nephew, who wastes all the money and materials. The situation is retrieved when Mr Mensah takes part in a government scheme that provides locals with free building ...

Samoan cricket, ceremonies and other activities.

The village of Vaipouli in Savii, the larger of the two main islands of Western Samoa. The boys from the government secondary school play Samoan cricket using a three sided bat with ...

Promotional film advertising Gold Coast Government Premium Bonds. One lucky winner is seen collecting wads of banknotes. "Buy A Bond, Win A Prize", an intertitle suggests.

Compilation of early Spotlights, no's 15-19, including - postal school, making ropes, growing tea and tobacco, Chirunda sugar estates, Umtali development, dam near Que Que, spotlight on railways, education ...

Compilation of early Spotlights, no's 20-29, including - trout fishing, lake Miveru, cotton cultivation in Nyasaland, agricultural research station, new housing scheme in Bulawayo, new rail link, St. Peter ...

Family life in Tanganyika, including everyday scenes, and the work of white nurses in improving the health and standards of the people.

Historical introduction (tea in China, its arrival in Europe, etc.) followed by the presentation of tea industry in East Africa; plucking, growing, blending, packing, exports, etc.

Amateur. Scenes in Tanga on the coast of Tanzania.

View from bungalow looking over to coast - Pemba Island (?) Black servant with a large fish. Views of ships in harbour. Small fishing boats. Telecommunications tower. General views ...

Aspects of the major social problems raised by the rapid industrialisation of Northern Rhodesia; work done by the missionaries.

On Savaii. The largest island in Western Samoa. Children playing in the thick tropical rainforest. Matavai village. Dignified old men make speeches and use a fly whisk. Vaipouli village. Boys, wearing Siapo, primitive clothing made from ...

The operation of a mechanical workshop (PWD IJORA) which repairs government machinery and property in Nigeria.

The election and appointment of the new archbishop of West Africa, James Lawrence Horstead of Freetown, Sierra Leone who replaced Leslie Gordon Vining of Lagos at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos.

Conditions faced by a team of explorers looking for oil. Principal locations Persian Gulf, Canada, Papua, Zanzibar, Trinidad.

Qatar's new found prosperity due to the oil industry.

Compilation of early Spotlights, including - Katambora reform school, fumigation of bagged grain, safari on river Luangwa, stock car racing, visit of S. Rhodesian MP's to North, Chief Katumbi and tribe ...

The destruction of Rhodesia's native timber resources and the need for careful management of that resource.

Chieftainess Luwezhi installed at Chavuma, head messenger retires, training African nurses in Nyasaland, the Kyusa dancers, Jairos Jiri- friend of the people.

INTEREST. A travelogue set in Western Uganda, bordering the Congo. View across the Ruwenzori Mountains. The hot, sulphur springs on the savannah plains (130-155). Contrast of dense jungle on mountain side. Bamboo growing in the jungle ...

A FILM PROMOTING THE WORK OF THE RSPCA

Compilation of early Spotlights, no's 20-30, including, lake Nyasa developments, reopening of old copper mine, the story of rubber, news from Lusaka and Salisbury, Blantyre's diamond jubilee, and Falcon ...

A review of the then current state of Rhodesia of its past and future prospects - a very optimistic and very white vision.

The participants of and shots of the Kenya Himal Chuli expedition of 1955.

Shot of the Himal Chuli (Himalchuli Mountain) in Nepal. The Participants - John Howard and the photographer of the expedition Arthur Firmin and John Lane, ...

The operation of the PWD Sawmill in Nigeria.

January 7th 1955. An announcement by Chief Awolowo, Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria at the radio station? He talks of free universal primary education. A primary school, children admitted, a visit by the Premier and the Minister Of ...

Leaving from Swiss (?) airport (Swiss flag flying), followed by views from airplane of coastline. East African local flora: collecting seeds by shaking tree and the seeds 'exploding' off. Sisal production process including farming, separating, drying ...

Scenes of the 1955 Trinidad carnival shot by Alan Broad, British Trade Commissioner in Trinidad, 1950-1960.