Documentary describing the history of the Royal Navy from the Falklands War in 1982 to the 1991 Gulf War (with particular emphasis in the Falklands campaign), covering the development of the Navy's ships and weaponry, ...
The Rhodesian Army in operation against Nationalist guerillas.
LIVE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME. The first of the series.
Main title over rock band Humble Pie playing to studio audience (02.08). Joe Melia (JM) introduces the new series, explaining the format, and the current ...
Production materials for an ITV 'Weekend World' on the Falkland Islands.
Report on the way in which the future of the Falklands is to be negotiated with Argentina in the light of the recent war, assessing what each country has at stake in the talks. Interviewed are Chairman of the South Atlantic ...
Report on what may happen after the Falkland dispute is over and the Islands have once again to be administered. Included in the programme is an interview with Cecil Parkinson, Conservative Party Chairman and member of the ...
Interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the critical period through which the government has been passing for the last few weeks. Live from Downing Street.
Brian Hanrahan describes life aboard HMS Hermes and talks to the man in charge of the Task Force, Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward.
A look a the British base at Aden, now GHQ Middle East under one commanding officer. A visit by the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur coincides with 'Aden Forces Week', also present was Harold Watkinson, Defence Minister.
GOVERNMENT FILM. A record of the Queen's visit to the Gambia in 1962.
Biopic of famed Indian lawyer and activist Mahatma Gandhi, whose methods of non-violent protest against the British Empire led to him becoming a popular leader until his assassination in 1948.
Joan Bakewell visits Andersonstown, Gibraltar where two IRA members were killed. On the day of the funeral service violence broke out in the parish of Fr Tom Toner.
Harry takes cameras inside the rock for the first time and there is music from the Gibraltar Regiment's fife and drum band.
Harry speaks to Bishop John K. Satterthwaite about the Anglican diocese of Europe.
A report on the dispute between Spain and Britain over the future of Gibraltar.
Dramatised reconstruction of the Gibraltar hearing about the shooting of three members of the IRA by the SAS.
THE REFERENDUM OF SEPTEMBER 10TH 1967 IN WHICH GIBRALTAR> VOTED TO REMAIN A BRITISH COLONY
Amateur footage of the dismantling of Gibraltar's 9.2-inch gun prior to being shipped to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in 1982.
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Technical: Originally filmed in Super 8mm.
A guide providing informative commentary on life in Gibraltar for members of the British forces. Includes information on the five police forces operating in Gibraltar: the Gibraltar Services Police, the Royal Military ...
Comedy. Morgan Leafy is a member of the British diplomatic corps in Kinjanja, an emerging nation. His task is to win favour for British interests with the corrupt local politician Sam Adekunle.
DOCUMENTARY. A report on the current state of Rhodesia concentrating particularly on the Land Tenure Act and its effects.
Introduction: against the background of another attempt to start talks with Mr. Ian Smith, ...
Report on black and white communities in Umtali region.
The 500th edition of the programme features stories from tax havens around the world. William Davis is in the Cayman Islands; Paul Griffiths in the New Hebrides; Brian Widlake, the Bahamas and James Bellini in Campione, the ...
The people of Grenada - their everyday work and life, their occupations, what they grow and their native customs. Intended for children aged 10-11 years.
About a shipwrecked child, who, after the death of his parents, is raised by a female ape. As an adult he is taken back to Britain and returns to his family's estate in Scotland.
I. British Marines based in the Falklands, taken prisoner during the Argentine invasion on 1 April 1982, shipped first to Argentina and repatriated to Britain. Includes footage of ...
Argentine footage of the fall of Puerto Argentino/Port Stanley.
Shots of attacks on runway at Port Stanley. Argentine troops stroll along streets ( ...
Argentine television documentary (Channel 13, Buenos Aires) about the South Atlantic War, beginning with the occupation on South Georgia by Argentine scrap men dismantling the whaling ...
Argentine military documentary about the South Atlantic War, beginning with the build-up of Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands by Hercules transporters. Shots of various aircraft ...
Argentine military documentary about the South Atlantic War.
Short film about the old gun emplacements in Gibraltar and their modern counterparts.
Narrator tells story of Gibraltar having to defend its frontiers with guns; film of the old guns are followed by a reconstruction ...
A British regiment stationed in a newly independent African state is preparing to celebrate the Queen's birthday when Colonel Deal is ordered to hand over command to the African Captain Abraham pending the result of political ...
Sequences showing the record of a great number of journeys made and visits to road and airfield construction in many parts of Nigeria and the Southern Cameroons, and also an international conference of road engineers in Mozambique ...
Pictures Lagos in 1955-61 with its fringes of old villages and the Brazilian Quarter of the city, in the process of being superseded. The work of the Lagos Executive Development Board is shown, and some road and bridge construction and ...
1. Military moments ; N. Rhodesian 1st. Battalion's last parade before Independence Day 1964. Last Queen's Birthday Parade at Ndola (Regular Army, T.A. and Police Units participating) Pres. Kaunda visiting a T.F. camp at Tug Argan ...
Life with the N. Rhodesian Regiment: Zambian army's riot drill 1967; a flight over the Zambesi to Kariba; the Blue Train on a journey from Bulawayo to Cape Town 1968; a voyage on the SS Oranje (Union Castle Line) Capetown to ...
Passing out parade of European NE trainees at the NSTE, Bulawayo; 1961 World Trade Fair; A European wedding with footage of typical 1960's women's and children's clothes. Also family footage.
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1. the opening of the Zambian National Assembly 1964 - with tribal dancing, official celebrations and speech from the rostrum. 2. Family footage (visit to official gardens in Salisbury, Army family quaters, family pets, children ...
Report on the negotiations with the Chinese government on the fate of British control of Hong Kong on the expiry of the lease there in 1996. Interviewed are Robert Adley and Sir Peter Blaker.
Looks at Hong Kong, and its growing business centre, geared to cope with business deals from all over the world.
Shows the daily life of a Thai family during the rice harvest
About the experiences of two young English women in India, two generations apart, in the 1920s and 1980s. Anne, a young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia, and becomes obsessed with their revelation of ...
Documentary about the Triads of Hong Kong, whose members run the drug traffic, gambling, porn shops, the film industry and almost every aspect of Hong Kong life, and also wield influence over the police and government officials.
A journalist becomes involved with a gang in Hong Kong by means of a microfilm found accidentally, with nightclub dancer and girl journalist complications.
The duties of a detachment of 663 Squadron Army Air Corps during a 4-month tour in Belize, with particular reference to the hazards of operating in humid climate and mountainous jungle terrain.
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TV documentary which examines the possibility of an honourable settlement between Britain and Rhodesia.
The programme reviews the worsening situation in Rhodesia - political oppression, persecution of ...
Amateur compilation made to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of HMS Ajax in the Battle of the River Plate (Rio de Plata) combines film shot during the veterans' visit to Buenos Aires (Argentina), including laying of ...
