Film shows diplomatic life in Aden in 1967 at the end of British rule. Also includes military manoeuvres, and ends with sequences of the diplomatic staff making a bonfire of documents marked "Top Secret".
Also further ...
Film shows diplomatic life in Aden in 1967 at the end of British rule. Also includes military manoeuvres, and ends with sequences of the diplomatic staff making a bonfire of documents marked "Top Secret".
Also further ...
Footage from Mr Day's time as Senior Political Officer in the South Arabian Federation between 1964 and 1967.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Day entered HMOCS as Political Officer, Western Aden Protectorate, in 1961. From 1964-67 he ...
VHS containing various film items illustrating Mr Crouch's life and travels as a British official in Southern Arabia. It shows many aspects of life in the desert, including stunning scenery, military patrols, good shots of the Hadhrami ...
Family shots of Mr Crouch's engagement, wedding & honeymoon in East Africa. Back on duty in Aden, and other holiday footage.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Crouch served as a political officer in the Aden Protectorates and Aden ...
David Dimbleby interviews Sir Donald and Lady Cleland, Close up of questions.
DOCUMENTARY. A report on the political situation in Aden and the role of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Includes an interview with Lt. Col. Colin Campbell Mitchell.
Rediffusion logo (00:04). Opening ...
Measures being taken against communism in Hong Kong. With Sir David Trench, P.S. Woo, David Lai, Elsie Elliott, and police commissioner T.C. Eates
THE REFERENDUM OF SEPTEMBER 10TH 1967 IN WHICH GIBRALTAR> VOTED TO REMAIN A BRITISH COLONY
Portrait of the culture of South Arabia just prior to the revolution and take over of the area by the National Liberation Forces.
DOCUMENTARY. The build-up of British forces in the Gulf States.
The commander of a British platoon in Bahrain, Lt. Pattinson, explaining the reasons for Britain's presence to a group of new arrivals (13). Titles. A military band ...
A information piece on the work of AFBA, the Aden Forces Broadcasting Authority, responsible for the forces' radio entertainment. A short sequence in the middle of the reel shows an Army ...
HMS Albion arrives to help in the withdrawal from Aden. Onshore the Royal Marines stay on the alert.
A small party of British troops, presumably Roman Catholics, prepare for an open- ...