ABODE OF PEACE 1952
Visit to Brunei on the north coast of Borneo with its large oilfield. Tourist attractions.
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AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD 1952
USAAdventures of Trinidad night-club dancer and brother of her murdered husband in tracking down group of enemy spies responsible for the crime.
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AFRICAN VISTA 1952
Great BritainRonald Haines travelogue emphasising the variety of scenery and human customs in Africa.
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AMAZING AFRICA 1952
Great BritainStory of 6,000 mile journey by road rail and air from Cape Town to Cairo.
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ANTIGUA 1952
Great BritainAntigua, the northernmost island of the Leeward islands in the Caribbean. Description of the old English harbour and the scenery.
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Great Britain
Record of Baptist Missionary Society tour led by Herbert Janes (later Sir Herbert Janes). Various parts of Southern Africa (including Rhodesia), covering travel, location and landscape shots, shots of rural and urban life and some footage ...
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BLACK LAKE 1952
Great BritainINTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.
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BOY KUMASENU 1952
GhanaA story of transition within the Gold Coast, as the boy Kumasenu moves from a small fishing village to the modern city of Accra.
'Lured by the false stories of his cousin Agboh, the boy Kumasenu leaves his village to seek adventure in the ...
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Birch Collection
Housing and street scenes, estuary harbour life (probably Lagos) also showing some Western shipping but mostly African craft and fishermen.
Production / Donor Details: Films taken by John Birch. In the 1950s the John and Daphne ...
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TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain
Survey on resources of Northern and Southern Rhodesia, natural and human. Scenes in Lusaka and Salisbury. Southern Rhodesian delegation arrives in London for conference on future of the Rhodesia.
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POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGB
Part 1. Sir John and Lady Edelsten arrive at Customs House. Inspection of combined Army and RAF guard of honour. Arrival at Customs House of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Creasy; the C-in-C and Lady Edelsten make their ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Procession to the City Hall in Singapopre, the arrival of the Governor and the Duchess, inspection of the guard of honour, speeches and the ceremony.
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Great Britain
Conservative Party newsreel. Cartoon pointing out that there is no age limit for School Certificate entrants. The Commonwealth Conference. The Duchess of Kent returns from Far East tour. David eccles on incentive. Meeting between Churchill ...
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CROSSROADS OF ASIA 1952
INTEREST. Singpore.
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TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain
Duchess greeted by Royal Family at London Airport on return from Malaya. Flashback to highlights of tour which included Borneo, Sarawak and Hong Kong.
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TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain
She inspects the RAF Malay regiment, opens a Tuberculosis clinic, receives hon. Freedom if city, visits George VI dockyard, military hospital and Women's Royal Army Corps.
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EXERCISE GADFLY IV 1952
POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGBTrials carried out in Malta illustrating the use of a NL Pontoon to bridge a water gap between LST ramp and the shore when loading and unloading a Centurion tank.
Pontoon approaches HMS ...
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FOCUS ON THE NILE 1952
Great BritainThe importance of the life-giving waters of the Nile to Sudan and Egypt with property depending on the success of the scheme.
In 1952 General Film Distributors released the Gaumont-British Instructional production, Focus on ...
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FOR BODY AND SOUL 1952
Great BritainMedical work of the Salvation Army in Africa.
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Arrival at Singapore, freedom of the city, visits to naval and military bases, schools and university; Kuala Lumpur - parade of voluntary workers, Mallaca hospital visit, Kinrara military hospital.
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HMS KENYA 1952
POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGBHMS Kenya in Mombasa, November 1942.
Races in a pulling regatta in Mombasa Harbour (7th to 10th November, 1952). Remembrance Day Parade, 9th November; units taking part include Royal Navy, ...
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HMS KENYA IN MOMBASA 1952
POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGBHMS Kenya arrives in Mombasa, 23rd October, 1952.
Desmond O'Hagan (Provincial Commissioner for the Coast Province and Chairman of the Emergency Defence Committee) arrives, and departs after ...
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POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - KOREAGB
I. MS as HMS Ocean passes right to left, steaming through the breakwater to leave Grand Harbour - the crew line the side for leaving port and Fireflies and Sea Furies are ranged aft. A Westland Dragonfly hovers over ...
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POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - KOREAGB
MS off the starboard quarter of HMS Ocean in Grand Harbour - crew man the side as the ship departs. Carrier passes the mole where the camera is situated - Sea Furies and Fireflies parked on deck - sea calm - crew give ...
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JAMAICA VISTA 1952
Great BritainA TRAVELOGUE ABOUT JAMAICA WITH EMPHASIS ON KINGSTON.
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AFRICANS IN ACTIONRhodesia
Shows the various businesses Joe Hlahla an African landowner does.
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USA
Jungle Jim survives a number of encounters with natives and whites all after riches.
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KENYA VISTA 1952
Great BritainA visit to the bush area on the outskirts of Kenya, with glimpses of sisal making and wild game.
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KOREAN CARRIER 1952
POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - KOREAGBFilm depicting the working up of HMS Ocean on passage to Korea, and air operations onboard HMS Glory.
Introductory sequence draws attention to the post-war RN programme for the ...
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TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain
In Negri Sembilan, one of the nine states of the Malayan Federation, nineteen tribal chieftains renew their allegiance to the reigning Malayan dynasty. The ruler, the Yang di Pertuan Besar, accepts the salutes from the ...
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TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain
The General arrives at Kuala Lumpur to take over as High Commissioner of Malaya, and is greeted and shown the secretariat by deputy McGillivray.
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MARY'S LUCKY DAY 1952
Dramatised advertising film for Lux toilet soap intended for African audiences.
The film opens with an African man sitting and playing guitar while two African women sit at his feet and sing in turn. The African man is next shown in his car ...
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TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain
Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton visits Mau Mau territory and meets the senior chief of the Kikuyu tribe. Mr Lyttelton is interviewed upon his arrival at London Airport, principally about the Mau Mau.
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Advertising film for Sunlight household soap.
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Nigeria
THE ELECTIONS TO SET UP REGIONAL LEGISLATURES IN NORTHERN, EASTERN AND WESTERN NIGERIA; AND THE MEETING OF THE NEW LEGISLATURES AT KADUNA>, ENUGU> AND IBADAN>
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A shiftless man is befriended by a trader, but betrays him out of desire for a chieftan's daughter by showing a secret channel to a rival Arab. His treachery leads him to be abandoned by everyone.
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Great Britain
Describes a bauxite mine in British Guiana of the Demerara Bauxite Co.
Aerial view of Mackenzie, British Guiana. Visit of the Governor to the mine. Exterior and interior of a guest house, club, swimming pool, tennis courts. A ...
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PACKAGED POWER 1952
Canada, Great BritainMining bauxite in British Guiana, the Saguenay Hydro-electic scheme and the aluminium smelting plant in Northern Quebec.
The mining of bauxite in British Guiana, the bauxite being transported to the Demerara river and ...
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PLANTER'S WIFE 1952
Great BritainStory of terrifying adventures of rubber planter and his wife in Malaya whose estate is attacked by bandits.
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TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain
A report on life in Korea and Malaya - featuring jungle patrols searching for terrorists, a day in the life of a rubber planter and civil precautions against terrorists.
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Malaysia
Scenes of the Royal visit to the respective countries
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Great Britain
The work and living conditions of the scientists who man the seven bases set up in the Falkland Islands Dependencies.
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Nigeria
THE VISIT OF BRITAINS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, OLIVER * LYTTELTON>, TO NIGERIA, 24TH MAY-1ST JUNE, 1952
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SIR GILBERT RENNIE 1952
NauruComposite items from NORTHERN AND RHODESIAN SPOTLIGHTS , all concerning Sir Gilbert Rennie
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Zambia
Compilation of Northern Spotlights no's 1-7.
Remote Beauty Spots. [Northen Spotlight No 1]. A visit by three South African delegates to Abercorn and the surrounding area, to investigate tourism posibilities. c. 50ft.
The Sovereign's ...
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SPRING CRUISE 1952 1952
POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONSGBI. Entry of Mediterranean and Home Fleet ships into Grand Harbour, Malta (15th March 1952).
I. Long distance shot of fleet approaching Malta. HMS Superb (wearing flag of FO Flotillas "Home" ...
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TOWARDS WHOLENESS 1952
Great BritainFour stories set in Nigeria with the frustration of endeavour as their theme. One deals with the problem of hygiene, one with superstition, one with land conservation and one with education in Nigerian schools. What is being done to ...
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UNILEVER MAGAZINEGreat Britain
three parts:- Animal Feeding Men of the Mersey Matadi Palm
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