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.

Film illustrating the differences and similarities of adult-children relationships across five different communities: Esher in Surrey, Colne in Lancashire, New Guinea, Botswana and the people of the Himalayan Foothills. The film examines ...

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 ...

Travelogue of Fiji showing, traditional dances, sugar cane plantations, traditional fishing methods, walking on fire, mosques, the army, city life, hospitals, harbours and the airport and Broadcasting House.

Documentary about development in Qatar, funded by wealth from oil, including increased standard of living, irrigation, new housing, hospitals and schools.

Doha, the capital of Quatar, has been transformed into a modern city. Geographical ...

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, ...

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 - ...

Travelogue of Hong Kong

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.

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 ...

A look at the institution of marriage in five different areas of the world: India, New Guinea, Botswana; Esher, Surrey and Colne, Lancashire. The programme looks at the different values, relationships and patterns of behaviour displayed ...

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, ...

A visit to Abemana and various places of interest. The visit begins with a shot of the islands and their surrounding coastline from the air and ends the same way. It shows villages, local people and children, a beach, lagoon, a bridge, ...

This film shows a local boy catching fish with a traditional pointed stick. He does this by swimming in shallow water with goggles on and catching them one at a time and stringing them onto a loop on the side of his sarong.

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Arrival and departure of the missionary vessel 'John William VII' to Beru. Includes the start of the journey from an unknown destination, shots of the sea voyage itself, the arrival, the European accommodation, the local village and ...

The film starts off with a village 'western style' wedding, and pans to beach and reef. It then shows the use local people make of the sea and beach i.e. children playing, adults cooking by means of beach fires, catching fish and ...

This film shows children in a convent school playing various games and local people in a village cooking and eating food around a fire. The last frames are at the airport.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian ...

Last day in the Islands: scenes of two picnics with Islanders and European family, preparing food, eating and dancing. It also shows scenes at the airport with students.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was a Christian ...

The film shows a village on one of the islands including scenes of the beach and general village and family life such as children playing, and villagers cleaning and preparing food.

Production / Donor Details: Mr Mowat was ...

This film shows teaching practice students working in St. Peter's school. It shows various activities during the day including their arrival at the school, children working in the classroom, performing traditional songs and dances, and ...

The film depicts the loading of a small craft in order to transport goods to the main vessel. It then switches to scenes on board with passengers swimming from the main deck and children reading and then proceeds to the boat weighing ...

Shots of a village and its occupants. Cuts to a plane landing on an air strip, taxying to a stand still, the island itself taken from the plane as it is flying and ends as the plane begins its descent at its destination point.

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The problems of old age and social attitudes towards old people in Colne, Lancashire; Esher, Surrey; Buk, New Guinea; Heri, India; and Khegudi, Botswana. It aims to identify the ideas of old age that are common to all cultures: the ...