(Reels 1-3) HMS Albion (R.07) in the Far East (off Malaya during the Indonesian confrontation ?). Includes Westland Wessex helicopter parked up - Royal Marines in full kit come up to deck on the lift. Other ships include HMS ...
Film showing the rle of nurses in the Royal Navy; includes sequences in Gibraltar and Malta; also features are the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (McDonnell Douglas Phantom fighters) and HMS Euryalus.
Army Documentary film recording some of the projects undertaken by the Royal Engineers in the Arabian Peninsula during the mid 1960s. These include the road constructed from Dhala to Aden, including a description of the difficulties encountered, ...
The years 1955-1966.
In April 1955 Mountbatten becomes First Sea Lord, and starts trimming the Navy down to a suitable peace-time force. In this episode, Mountbatten expresses ...
The years 1943-1945.
Mountbatten takes up command in SE Asia in August 1943 (the film gives a brief resume of the events in the far east up to that point) and sets about raising ...
The years 1945-1946.
With the end of the Far East war and the resulting chaos, Mountbatten's priority is the liberation of POWs, in which he is greatly helped by Lady Mountbatten ...
A description of three of the Christian sects of the Shona and Ndebele immigrants from Southern Rhodesia, who came to live in Zambia between 1957 and 1964. It examines their position in 1969, the effects of their fundamentalist beliefs in ...
Independence in Fiji in October 1970.
Union flag flying, with words 'Independence for Fiji' superimposed. Union flag being taken down as part of the ceremonies at the Albert Park stadium, Suva, 9 October 1970. The Fijian flag. Prince ...
The work of the British Red Cross Society. Comm. Alan Badel
Presents a tour of Hong Kong and its people, from the business man's point of vi ew, and showsits value as a market for consumer goods.
Travelogue of Hong Kong
Looks at the work of the Mzilikazi Arts and Crafts Centre in Bulawayo in training African artists, particularly in creating employment opportunities for school-leavers of the African townships. An art teacher, Alex Lambert, is shown teaching, ...
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, ...
PRINCE CHARLES VISITS FIJI> FOR THE INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS
Comedy set in 1900 in Africa, an ornithologist gives a lantern lecture to the Royal Society, describing his African expedition in search of the rare Oozulum bird.
Compilation of newsreel footage for the period 1965 to 1970(?) covering the political negotiations between Ian Smith and the Government of Southern Rhodesia and the British Government; the Declaration of Unilateral Independence; and ...
Traces Rhodesia's origins from pre-historic times to the present. 1970?
Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a number of films purchased from the ...
Film commisioned by the Anglo-Rhodesian Society. A good background to UDI. Contains an interview with Ian Smith.
Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a ...
A recruitment film for the Rhodesian Air Force based on an Air Force exercise.
Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the journal Rhodesians Worldwide and contains a number of films purchased from ...
Airport with stationary Bahamas Airways air plane. Holiday yachting in Bahamas. Waterways. Moorings. Hotels at the waterside. Snorkelling at off shore reef.
Dolphins performing at Aquarium. Airport with Tri-star airliner. ...
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 ...
Army recruiting advertisement.
A VC10 of Transport Command comes in for a night landing at Hong Kong. Among the passengers is Les Henderson, an RA trooper attached to the Gurkhas - ...
Army recruiting advertisement.
A man shown working in a machine shop wants more from life and, following the example of a friend, joins the Army - cut to character as RE mechanic, HQ ...
