INTEREST. Cricket match: Barbados defeat the M.C.C.
INTEREST. Cricket match: Barbados defeat the M.C.C.
Short documentary about Bassein, a fishing village 25 miles north of Bombay on the shores of the Arabian Sea.
The film shows the family of a fisherman, one who owns his own boat. After he has set out for the day ...
Re-edited version of CIN 237 (without soundtrack).
A short story for children about a Basuto-boy herdsman and his adventures in dealing with cattle thieves.
The second reel (of two) shows Lesaoama, a Basuto boy, as he travels across icy mountains on a Basuto pony in order to tell his ...
A film made for African audiences showing how Basuto troops are occupied in the Allied cause.
A title reads 'Middle East: Basuto fire fighters in action'. A fire has been lit on a stone jetty. At the fire station, the alarm is ...
An animated map is shown, followed by general views of the country, and its peop le and their work. Concluding with a horse race.
Compares treatment of Balinese and Iatmul (New Guinea) babies with American practices. Anthropology. The different methods of bathing children is seen in three contrasting cultures. "New Guinea". A native ...
In Mandalay, Burma's second city, the stronghold of Fort Dufferin is pounded by air attacks and after the fall of the fort, the divisional commander ...
Shot by Lieutenant Hayat: Uneven and dark footage of troops walking along a road. View of the distant Mandalay Hill with bare trees in the foreground; troops (probably 8th ...
Report on the Falklands crisis. Llew Gardner reports from Downing Street and Julian Manyon reports from Argentina. Denis Tuohy leads a studio debate with Falkland Islanders living in Britain. Includes a clip of General Alfredo Saint ...
Report on the latest position in the South Atlantic with interviews with Brig. Kenneth Hunt, Jon Connell, Admr. Edward Gueritz, Jonathan Alford, Andrew Thompson, Guillermo Makin, Philip Windsor, David Tongue, Peter Shore and ...
Reports from London and New York on the current state of the Falklands conflict with an interview with Nicaros Mendez on world opinion about Argentinian attitudes to the Falklands and an interview with John Nott, Sec. of State for Defence.
Report on the latest developments in the crisis in the South Atlantic with interviews with Jon Connell, Philip Windsor, Dudley Fishburn, Col. Neil Maude, Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, Andrew Thompson, Andrew Whitley, Edward ...
RAF Liberators bomb defences in support of amphibious landings against Rangoon, Burma.
Aerial footage of Spitfires in the distance. Distant ...
Two weeks after the recapture of Rangoon by British forces, monsoon weather hampers the movement of tanks and vehicles in the vicinity of Nyaungkashe, 35 miles north east of Pegu ...
White farmer Des Bawden and black barrister Sottayi Katsere participate in a programme which considers whether all races can live peacfully in Rhodesia ten years after the declaration of UDI.
The events at San Carlos Bay in the Falkland Islands on 21st May 1982
Stephen Venables, mountaineer, explores the glaciers of South Georgia.
The making of Star lager from Nigeria.
The film opens with the Star lager trademark as local music plays. As three African men sit outside drinking Star lager, a close-up of a tray reveals the company logo. The voiceover states that 'These ...
Abu Baker is a poor fisherman from the east coast of Malaya. With only a sailing boat he is at the mercy of tide, wind and weather. If these turn against him he runs into debt with the fish merchant. But with government help he obtains a new ...
Training in Britain's last jungle training country, Belize in Central America. Following jungle patrols, navy movements and air to ground/sea attacks.
The future of Belize, former British colony of British Honduras.
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. The island of Bermuda as a holiday resort. Includes the ceremonial handing over of office from one Governor General to another. A trip around the island by carriage. St Peter's Church and Gibb's Hill lighthouse.
Near Nairobi, Kenya. Africans build a good permanent house using mainly materials which are available on the spot.
In a local village a colonial official arrives in a car to help re-build a house for locals. The film commentary ...
How a college education in Dar es-salaam is changing the lifestyle of Victor Kimeseru, a Masai tribesman from Tanganyika.
Aspects of the major social problems raised by the rapid industrialisation of Northern Rhodesia; work done by the missionaries.
African adventure with wild animals and Leopard Men.
India 1947. Story of an Anglo-Indian girl, feeling rejected by both her worlds, in the conflict between her attraction for an English soldier and the love offered her by a young Sikh, as well as another Anglo-Indian.
Bhowani Junction  ...Account of the delights of fishing for tuna and other large fish.
At the Wankie National Park (later called the Hwange Game Reserve),in Rhodesia, Tourists' observation platforms. Water hole drilling. Eland, water buffalo and smaller game are captured for transfer to the new National park at Bulawayo.
A visit to Sierra Leone where much of the world's diamond industry is centred. Processes of preparing diamonds for dispatch. Commentary by Franklin Englemann.
In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess Beatrix.
Footage of the parade ...
First of six current-affairs programmes addressing issues of interest to black people. This edition features Mel B of the Spice Girls in interview; a report on how the island of Antigua is coping with the influx of ...
INTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.
Five Anglo-Catholic nuns open a school and a hospital in the Himalayas. It prospers until a series of mishaps turn the villagers against the nuns. Finally Sister Ruth becomes mad and attacks the mother superior only to bring about her own ...
DOCUMENTARY. A report by Bill Grundy and Chris Kelly from Basutoland shortly before it became the independent state of Lesotho on October 4th, 1966.
Cocoa plantations in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and how they are affected by insects and the negligence of farmers.
An army captain wanders, wounded, into a Bedouin tent, and is nursed by the Sheik's daughter, whom he marries.He returns to the army as the battle of El Alamein begins. He is killed during an act of heroism and is unable to see his child. Years after ...
At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give blood for transfusion to the wounded men of ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
In northern Burma, a joint patrol of Royal Scots Fusiliers and Royal Engineers of 36th Division sets out to demolish Japanese bunkers.
Sapper ...
The life of the Hong Kong fishing families, and how they have benefited from the establishment of the Fish Marketing Board, assuring fair prices and enabling them to organise their work better.
Science documentary series. This programme follows the efforts of a team of experts who, using the latest technology, are searching for the body of Alan Addis, a Royal Marine who disappeared on the Falklands Islands 18 years ago. ...
Uses diaries, memoirs, photographs and archive film to examine the role that the media played in the Boer War 1899-1902.
Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded their weapons from a ...
Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.
General views of Mandalay ...