Based on real life events, the film takes place during the guerrilla phase of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Three officers from an Australian volunteer unit operating at the fringes of British controlled territory are accused of executing ...
Looks at the Asian Arts Festival in Hong Kong which features the practice of traditional theatrical, musical and dance acts.
Made entirely on location in Belize, the film tells the parallel and overlapping stories of two men on the same squadron, one a Harrier pilot and the other a young technician. We are shown how both men are faced with the same dilemma - whether to ...
Report on black and white communities in Umtali region.
Amateur compilation made to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of HMS Ajax in the Battle of the River Plate (Rio de Plata) combines film shot during the veterans' visit to Buenos Aires (Argentina), including laying of ...
Hong Kong has a good housing programme with 200,000 people in public building estates. But 1 million still live in hillside shanty towns or in sub-standard housing. The aim is to build 200,000 houses a year for the next 5 years but lack of space is a ...
A record of Prince Charles' visit to Hong Kong.
Includes an item looking at the progress and deterioration of the conflict in Northern Ireland through the eyes of two men, Jerry Fitt and William Craig, enemies in the political arena of 1970, but now with very similar views.
Live inter-continental TV show hosted by David Frost which conducts `debates' by satellite, and involving a studio audience, on contentious issues.
Film of Operation "Uric"(?), a Rhodesian Security Forces operation to destroy bridges in Mozambique in order to prevent terrorists entering into Rhodesia.
Production / Donor Details: The Rhodesia Collection was donated by the ...
This edition includes a report on the Vietnamese boat people and what Hong Kong is doing to help the refugees.
Items include: Boat people arriving in Hong Kong [7.32 dur] Botha talking about the new Muzorewa government in Rhodesia [5.05 dur], Botha talking about elections in Namibia [5.55 dur], and about the Wiehahn Commision in South Africa ...
Despite orders to the contrary from the British government, the English forces in Natal in 1879 attack the Zulu King Cetschwayo, leading to the massacre of 1500 British soldiers by 25,000 Zulu warriors.
