Documentary. Tracing the road from French Equatorial Africa to Kenya.
Fort Lhani(?) French Equatorial Africa to British East Africa by road. The Vanana(?) tribe `beehive' buildings, central granary building, people fishing, a tomb. ...
A study of the crocodiles at Murchison Falls in Uganda, by Armand and Michaela Denis. The Denis's build a camoflage raft and travel upstream towards the Murchison Falls, filming the wildlife that they encounter. They spend time ...
Family scenes in UK and East Africa. Fishing. Children playing in garden. Last seqeunce shows a staged traditional African dance. 1956/7
Resettlement of villages in Gwembe (Zambezi) Valley before completion of the Kariba Dam and flooding of the area.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Bryan was an Education Officer in Northern Rhodesia from 1953 - 1961. ...
Various scenes of the Queen Mother's visit to Nairobi, including a Guard of Honour, her car arriving and the crowds waiting to greet her. It includes some interesting film of a troupe of local men dancing and playing drums as part of ...
Documentary on the Caribbean, shot during the making of "Fire Down Below". Tour of Trinidad, sporting activities, carnivals and the Limbo dance performed to the music of a steel band.
Sponsored film showing building and civil engineering schemes in southern Africa.
The film begins in Lusaka, then Rhodesia, and travels through the country and Nyasaland (now Malawi) showing road construction in bush country, bridge ...
Current affairs programmme. Items: Empire foods; Colour bar; South African troubles; B.O.A.C. flowers.
An African boy and his girl in a small village in Nigeria, and impact of Westernisation due to coming of white man.
DOCUMENTARY: Independence Day celebrations in Ghana, including ceremonies and pageants and the opening of the Ghana Parliament by the Duchess of Kent. The commentary makes a strong plea for racial tolerance, as well as mentioning the possibility ...
Film showing every stage of the production of darkfired tobacco at Kasiya (40 miles from Lilongwe) in Nyasaland, from the issue of seed to the despatch of baled leaf to the Limbe Auction floors.
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The Governor of Uganda, Sir Frederick Crawford, visits the Lukiko - the Ugandan Parliament.
Stresses the growth in all areas of Rhodesia's natural resources, especially mineral production, increasing white population and consumer consumption (e.g: shoe store), and a great emphasis on the development at Kariba.
A trip to West Africa by Guinness employees.
A lorry carrying crates of beer, it stops at an isolated building to make a delivery. Pan across the buildings in a small village. Exterior of the general store, with members of the ...
Describes the various clans and peoples of the area and gives glimpses of the Annual Show, the Races, Christian Church life, a governor's visit, a visit of Gerald Durrell (the Naturalist), and the elections of 1957.
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Eastern Region of Ghana showing large colourful grand festivals with processions of chiefs in Durbar. Asafo military organisation showing their uniform and flags and banners at their Asafo Tufiam or annual festival.
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Subjects include crossing the Volta River by cable ferry; Ya Na Abdulai III, King of Dagbon, at Savelugu during independence celebrations, March 1957; Dagomba (Dagbamba) ritual drumming at Savelugu; roof thatchers at work near ...
Jamaican dockside worker suspected of killing spiv compatriot, hides from the police in panic but is befriended by paper-boy and his grandfather. Through the lad's sharpness a drug-smuggling racket is finally brought home to the culprit, ...
PROPAGANDA. An account of the Suez crisis and the strategic position of British military bases in Cyprus, seen from an extreme right-wing viewpoint. The film is introduced by Canadian reporter Stanley Maxted (39). On a map of the Meditteranean, he ...
A farmer in the Gold Coast (Ghana) learns how to increase his yield of cocoa through the use of insecticides.
Some of the hospitals, child-welfare classes, schools, teacher-training colleges, etc., run by the Anglican churches and missions in the five dioceses of Central Africa (including Zanzibar). Also includes footage of a leper settlement; a ...
Army Recruiting film in which a man who has served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) writes to a friend who has decided to join, explaining the many benefits and opportunities offered by the RAOC. Basic training at the Corps' Blackdown depot is ...
Amateur film shot by Navy cameraman based on town-class cruiser HMS Birmingham. Includes unedited scenes of life on board HMS Birmingham and naval crew relaxing in various locations including the island of Malta, Inverness in Scotland, the French ...
Survey of present-day Hong Kong with particular emphasis on the appalling slum conditions.
Scenes in Malaya 1957
Production / Donor Details: This film was shot by Major William Lawrence in the 1950s and 1960s in Malaya, Australia, the U.K. and during his overland journey through Asia, India and Europe. During this ...
Merdeka in Malaysia
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Major William Lawrence in the 1950s and 1960s in Malaya, Australia, the U.K. and during his overland journey through Asia, India and Europe. During this time he was ...
Holiday in Northern Rhodesia with tourist shots. District officer on Safari around Lake Tanganyika. Lake traffic. Boats. Afrian local Ferries. Lake steam freighter. Shoreside villages with life and scenery.
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Independence Day celebrations in Malaya, 31 August 1957.
Over shots of government buildings, the British voiceover introduces the film; ‘The eve of Independence, we decorate our towns and await our great moment ...
Royal Visit by Duke of Edinburgh to Conference of Chiefs in Rural setting. Formal speech by the Duke. Visit to Agricultural Show by the Duke. Extended sequence of Agricultural show held at the site of "Jendi Rice" experimental farm ...
Adventures of an Irishman in 1890 Africa, who came to join a friend and instead finds his widow, a girl from Marseille, with whom he finally settles down after a series of incidents with both black and white people.
Problems faced in bringing law and order, health services and schools, etc., to the isolated communities on the mainland of New Guinea and the Islands of the Bismarck Archipeligo.
Political broadcast. Part of a regular press conference given for London correspondents of foreign papers. The questions are answered by Herbert Bowden, James Griffiths and Hugh Gaitskell.
Topics covered include, ...
Prince Philip's visit to Gambia; a crocodile shoot in the jungle; presiding at a gathering of Gambia chiefs.
Short account of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Gambia as part of his four-month world tour, 1956-1957.
Gambia, "one of Britain's oldest connections in Africa, and certainly one of the happiest", prepares to ...
Promotional film highlighting work done at the Tanganyika Branch.
Pleaes note: film made 8 years after Tanganyikan RC started - in 1949 - hence film probably made in 1957 - Lady Limerick laying foundation stone (in 1951) - men's ...
Report on the Kariba Dam scheme, and the effects of the record floods.
New Ambulance Service - in Nyasaland. The New Governor-General - Simon Ramsay, Lord Dalhousie. New Postal Agency at Soche.Kafue National Park. Animals for Export - mainly for zoos. Mikolongwe Poultry ...
Governor opens new bridge, assembly of Mashonaland chiefs, training game guards, new village water supplies in Nyasaland, weight lifting in Bulawayo, Governor General on tour, cycle racing at ...
Training and welfare at Kariba, the K.A.R. leaves Zomba for Lusaka, Chief Rozani invested, Chilonga mission, University College of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Lady Benson visits new homecraft centre, ...
Rhodesian African Rifles return from Malaya via Beira.
K.A.R. move to Lusaka.
Governor General visits African townships.
Rabies control in Nyasaland with vaccinations.
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Governor General invests Africans, new wing for Zomba hospital, M.L.C.'s visit Chitedze, Machipisa - progressive store keeper,Governor presents football cup, African sculptor honoured, police ...
Mobile bank, Lake Nyasa fishermen, hospital guest house, police parade at Lusaka, new Salisbury hospital, farmers day at Msingesi, training nurses at mine hospital, sports at Luanshya. RM 2538
Compilation of early Spotlights 1955-58 all focusing on the Kariba Dam Scheme from inception to the record floods of 1958.
"Welcome to the NATO fleet."
Robert Mackenzie talks about the NATO meeting (1957?). "The word interdependence is important - it has a new emphasis. It is built of a Soviet initiative. NATO brings together ...
Prince Philip talks about his world tour of 1956-57. Scenes in Ceylon, Australia, Antarctica and The Gambia.
Report shows why the inhabitants of Gibraltar and Britain's defence staff wish the colony to remain British.
Mayor of Gibraltar traces the racial history of the Rock's inhabitants and concludes that they are ...
Visit of Queen Mother to Rhodesia 4th - 15th July l957.
