Men of 45 RM Commando are addressed by Major-General Tower before flying out of Khormaksar in RAF Hercules transports.

Royal Marines file past the camera carrying personal arms and kit. CU of General Tower as he ...

Dramatised recruitment film for prospective Royal Navy officers.

1. Prospective recruits (in civvies) are taken onboard HMS Dolphin; sequence focuses on one of the recruits, "Brendon" (a Welshman who gives us his ...

The violence against the British presence in Aden and the future of the South Arabian Federation. Llew Gardner spoke to the Secretary-General of the South Arabian League in Aden and Robert Kee spoke to Duncan Sandys and ...

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 ...

Reel of rushes of 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on patrol in Aden during the Emergency (with live sound during rough searching of Arab suspects), and of mute rushes of British soldiers on patrol, unarmed, in the peaceful British ...

News report on the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on security operations in the Crater district of Aden during the Aden Emergency.

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Titling includes "A BBC Television Film. Hanford. BBC. D.5607/5608. Hard News. ( ...

Drama set in Kenya. Two American cowboys are recruited by a British rancher to help him in a project involving the capturing and taming of wild animals and by breeding new stock to provide a source of food. The object is to halt the ...

A look at modern life in several south African countries.

DOCUMENTARY. A report on Anguilla's illegal declaration of independence from the West Indies Associated States.

Documentary on the choice of the Atlantic island of Ascension as a tracking station for satellites and rockets and its transformation.

‘Drab endless vistas of scree’ was Michael Orrom's first impression of ...

Installation on Ascension Island of a British-built tracking station, with its huge aerial for reception of signals from outer space.

I. The departing High Commissioner, Sir Humphrey Trevelyan, reviews the Naval task force supporting the British withdrawal. He is accompanied by Admiral Sir Michael Le Fanu, C-in-C Middle East Command, who is to return ...