ADVENTURERS 1950
Set in Africa just after the Boer war, tells of the journey of four men into the African bush, in search of hidden diamonds.
Set in Africa just after the Boer war, tells of the journey of four men into the African bush, in search of hidden diamonds.
Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as mines on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma ...
A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.
Low altitude (c.100-ft) air-to-ground footage of ...
Aerial views showing DUKW amphibious trucks on the River Chindwin in Burma.
Aerial views over the Chindwin; various meanders and sandbars. View of ...
An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal West African Frontier Force are seen on manoeuvres in Ceylon, the Gold Coast regiment are shown building a ferry, and the ...
INTEREST. The behaviour and antics of chimpanzees. Titles (63). Chimpanzee (91). Cherry Kearton and chimp, chimp playing, smoking, drinking tea, swinging on branches (260), chimp chasing leopard and other animals (334), attacking people, ...
INTEREST. Two natives of Southern Rhodesia chop down a tree and make a dug-out canoe from a section of the trunk. A finished canoe is then seen on the Zambezi.
Natives of the Mashona tribe build a hut from wooden poles, grass and mud, and a family is then seen at home.
Intended for African audiences, the films shows the opening of the African Conference in London in September 1948 and the visits made by the delegates during their stay.
Delegates from Africa arrive at Lancaster House. Inside the ...
INTEREST. The work of the craftsmen in the Kenyan textile industry and the West African silversmiths and jewellers.
INTEREST. Bead-making and leather-working in West Africa.
Amateur film. `Once upon a time Africa was a land of Pagan enchantment': landscape; wildlife; village. `Civilisation': white man puts on a tie. `With manifold blessings': black man reads newspaper and looks at cinema poster of `Kay ...