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    St Helena in the South Atlantic is one of Britain's few remaining colonies. In April, led by Prince Andrew, the 500 islanders celebrated 150 years of British rule. The occasion was Prince Andrew's first official visit overseas.

     
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    ST. HELENA 1972

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    TRAVELOGUE OF ST. HELENA.

     
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    A television recording of the State Opening of Parliament in 1970.

    The recording shows the Queen's arrival, the summoning of the House of Commons and the Queen's speech mentioning, among other things, the EEC, ...

     
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    STAYING ON 1980

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    TV dramatisation of the novel by Paul Scott about an elderly English couple who stay on in India after the fall of the Briitsh Raj. Transmitted in 1980

     
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    Cindy Buxton and Annie Price were on South Georgia making a film about the king penguin colony there when the Argentines invaded. This film is not only a unique wildlife document but also a record of their adventures and survival.

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    HONG KONG BEAT

    Fourth of nine programmes showing the work of the Royal Hong Kong Police, filmed over a three month period during the summer of 1977. Inspector Brown is under investigation by the anti-corruption commission.

     
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    Rhodesia

    A tour of Salisbury and the surrounding areas set to music. The film opens with aerial views of the city as a plane lands at Salisbury airport.

     
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    Australia

    Travelogue on life and work in Fiji.

    Village scenes. The history of Fiji and plantation agriculture. Leased farming. Labasa airport. A steam train. Village schools and markets. Family farms, milking, ploughing. Fertilisers. Sugar, ...

     
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    THIS WEEK [ITV/Thames TV, 1968-92]Great Britain

    A detailed and comprehensive examination of the developing economies of the Caribbean, specifically the island of St. Lucia and the republic of Guyana on the South American coast.

    Begins by looking ...

     
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    Holidays in the Caribbean: Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Antigua, Tobago and Trinidad.

     
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    Rhodesia

    An examination of the different aspects of the role of a policeman in Southern Rhodesia through dramatised reconstructions.

    A police band marching. A dramatised robbery in which a policeman is shot while trying to apprehend the criminals. ...

     
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    Duncan Carse revisits South Georgia where he was marooned fifteen years ago. After a freak tidal wave washed away his home he had to live in a tent and survive for five months before being rescued.