A short clip of two European toddlers (the Roaches?), inside a bungalow, then playing on a beach. Some baby turtles swim in a bath. There is also a demonstration of rope making.
A short clip of two European toddlers (the Roaches?), inside a bungalow, then playing on a beach. Some baby turtles swim in a bath. There is also a demonstration of rope making.
A short clip mainly around a confirmation service for many local girls dressed in white and accompanied by a large congregation outside of the standard corrugated roof church
A large gathering of formally dressed adults is seen surrounding a two storey non-native building. A group of formally dressed local children pose for the camera outside a church, and the elders disperse or pose to the camera. The Roach ...
Infant playing in garden. Wedding. Some landscape scenes.
Giant tortoise. Coastal and shipboard scenes. Hunting of sea turtles (possibly same footage as Roach 007?). Ships at sea. Coastal scenes, fairy tern. Views of coast from on board ship.
Family and home scenes.
The Jones Collection is made up of films taken by the renowned epidemiologist and expert on tropical disease, Cenydd Richard Jones. Jones, who was awarded the MBE, OBE and CBE for his work in the field of medicine, worked for the ...
HMS Glory leaves Grand Harbour, Valletta.
HA of HMS Glory as she leaves Malta, steaming left to right past the camera. The crew man the side, with Sea Furies parked abreast the island, and ...
I. The cruiser HMS Liverpool: MS from the eyes of her to the bridge and then a pan right to where focsle is being hosed down. MCU as signalman on 'A' turret makes by semaphore, "Liverpool" - camera then drops to ship's name plate. At anchor off ...
I. Hawker Sea Fury 098 takes off from Illustrious Class aircraft carrier. Safety barrier lifts behind aircraft.
II. Camera pans to follow small formations and individual Firefly aircraft as they fly past aircraft carrier.
III. Flight deck ...
I. Naval saluting: two ratings salute a Lieutenant who they encounter walking along a street (Portland ?); squad of ratings (belts, gaiters, white caps) make eyes left as they pass Lieutenant and Petty Officer; ratings in street look into funeral ...
I. MLS and MS off port bow of Dido Class light cruiser (HMS Euryalus ?) as she fires a salute.
II. LA approach to starboard bow of HMS Vanguard secured to a buoy in Grand Harbour, Malta. MS, camera tracking to cross port bow.
III. MCU of ...
Unedited scenes in Grand Harbour, Malta.
The aircraft carrier HMS Ocean enters Grand Harbour, Malta. Shots from the ship show Sliema Bay (castles, forts and pleasure boats). The crew stand to attention on deck, and ...
I. On the flight-deck of HMS Ocean, the firefighting crew stand alert in asbestos suits., carrying axes. Below deck, foam equipment is prepared. On deck, Hawker Sea Fury and Firefly aircraft taxi towards the camera; an FDO controls their movements ...
"One of the greatest tasks facing many countries today is to give back to the land its lost fruitfulness" - a study of Cyprus is used to illustrate this problem.
The film explains the depletion of the forests of ...
Gives an example of a supply drop to a jungle patrol, from the preparation necessary before a patrol sets out to the actual recovery of the supplies and their utilisation in the jungle.
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Content information copied from SSVC RAF ...
Film showing aspects of RAF operations in Malaya; Dakota transport aircraft drop supplies to soldiers in the jungle, rocket-armed late mark Spitfires take off from an airfield near Kuala Lumpur to attack insurgent targets, Lincoln bombers are armed ...
Lord Mountbatten with family and friends swimming and skin-diving from a launch.
There are also some shots of them boarding the launch from a warship (HMS Surprise?) and of local fishermen at work in harbour ( ...
A Malayan Film Unit film documenting the importance of following army procedure for airdrops of supplies in isolated areas of the jungle during the Emergency.
(Reel 1) Aerial views of the Malayan Jungle. Unit ...
A portrait of the Fleet Air Arm.
An introductory sequence depicts life at a British shore station of the FAA: opening shots of dinghies sailing near an aircraft carrier and other naval vessels, followed by scenes of ...
'"How better ways of feeding children came to an African village".
A Story told in the traditional idiom of an African folk tale. Why so many babies die - and what to do about it if you want the babies to live. Foriwa has a baby. Like many women ...