Kenya: churches, clinics, gold mining (surface), blacksmithing, pottery making and dancing.
Kenya: churches, clinics, gold mining (surface), blacksmithing, pottery making and dancing.
Clearing land for cultivation. Lyons and Cadbury / Fry signs on warehouses.
Preparation and cultivation of cocoa nut trees and a local agricultural show.
Production / Donor Details: Mr. Leeds was an Agricultural Officer in ...
Arrival at port by road. Views of the docks and dockers, canoeists diving for money and shipping. Various shots of life on board ship from the passengers' perspective and a trip ashore.
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Various shots of the beach, house & garden, the family with friends, the air port, water falls, the city, river life, local farming and crop spraying.
Production / Donor Details: Mr. Leeds was an Agricultural Officer in Ghana ...
Various shots of a local Agricultural Show featuring boats & tractors. Shots of new suspension bridge, water falls & picnic, and local bird life & flowers. Some banana and cocoa groves and agricultural trials.
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A city (Nairobi?), swept, bedecked and decorated in preparation for the visit of The Princess Margaret in 1956. Streets lined, and a fleeting glimpse of the princess in the passing procession of cars. Scenes of the congestion ...
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 ...
Uganda 1956, Malindi, Rome.
Collection in general contains Queen's birthday celebrations, Independence celebrations, family on safari in Northern province, as well as daily life on an upcountry station.
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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Film on the Copper Belt region of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), specifically the interaction of Christianity and commerce in this region and the work of the United Mission to the Copper Belt (in which the London Missionary society was a partner). The ...
The first Bata shoe fashion show at the Raffles hotel, Singapore. Features models from Singapore's Mannequin school and music from Giancarlo's Italian show band.
Tells the story of the erection in the sea of the movable drilling platform at Qatar in the Persian Gulf.
Story of an expedition to drill an exploratory oil well in the jungle of Salawati (New Guinea), to which helicopters are used to fly in the derrick and drilling equipment.
Oilman's schoolboy son, on holiday at Qatar, gets the Christmas present he wants most. 28,000-ton tanker halts in the Persian Gulf to help an Arab dhow. Oil products from the Island of Grain go to a destination in the Norwegian mountains.
Set in a prison camp for men captured in Malaya by the Japanese during World War II, whilst women and children are sent on a series of aimless treks through the jungle.
The following statement regarding the story appears after the opening credits ...
RNAS Hal Far's Air Display, 28th August, 1954.
Ratings of HMS Falcon clean an Avenger in preparation for air display. Rockets are led under the wing of an Attacker; cleaning of Attacker and ...
I. Whirlwind WV.193 (recognition letter E) lands on a cleared patch in the jungle and soldiers unload tractor parts. Using sheers and lifting tackle the soldiers begin assembling the parts. Further ...
The First Lord of the Admiralty's visit to Malta, January 1956.
First Lord with C-in-C Med and members of staff. Arrival on board HMS Birmingham, Ulysses and Saintes; inspection of Guard of ...
The First Lord of the Admiralty's visit to RNAS Hal Far, January 1956.
First Lord arrives, inspects Guard and meets Heads of Departments. He also visits 809 Squadrons (Venoms) and meets ...
I. HMS Fenton acts out the interception of some unseen coastal traffic. CUs of men on the bridge - signalman looking through binoculars, Officer of the Watch, Captain Hart, the Navigation Officer. A flag signal is ...
Chartered aircraft crash in Malta, February 1956: general view of wreckage showing personnel clearing debris.
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Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI ...
RNAS Hal Far - HMS Falcon - holds an open-day fte.
Shots of the fte activities. Dog handling and inspection for the 'best dog' award. A gravity ride in a drop tank converted into "Rocket XM ...
Soldiers from the Gurkha Regiment and the King's Own Scottish Borderers arrive for a Far East defence conference.
HMS Bulwark sails from Grand Harbour at 0900 on Monday 10 December, 1956, to the accompaniment of bands and cheering parties from the other ships. The camera is on HMS Eagle
LS off the ...
Aerial shots from one of the Handley Page Hastings transport aircraft participating in the airborne assault on El Gamil.
LA.MS of Hastings transport in level flight right to left (the ...
I. "Personalities in world news." Lady M leaving on a Far East tour.
II. "India Greets Earl Mountbatten' Lord and Lady M visiting India.
III. Lord M officiating at an Indian Polo Association match.
IV. Lord and Lady M stop in Sydney ...
I. "1805-1955 Salute to Nelson." The 150th Anniversary of Trafalgar.
II. "Personalities in the news." Lord and Lady M in Washington.
III. Lord M on tour in Canada.
IV. The Royal Pakistan Navy's Commander in Chief welcomed to Britain ...
RAMC training film made at 33 General Hospital, Hong Kong, in 1956.
This silent RAMC training film demonstrates the IPPR system for managing bulbar palsy which is a great advance over conventional 'Iron lung' methods ...
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.
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 ...
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.