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Silent protest at Cop28 against fossil fuels
Silent protest is held at Cop28 to call for an immediate phase out of fossil fuels. Protester says that if the UK will continue with fossil fuel projects, perhaps they should pay reparations to former colonies impacted by the climate...
Hearst Metrotone News
British King George V and Queen Mary visit India for George's coronation as Emperor of India.
British King George V and Queen Mary visit India for George's coronation as Emperor of India.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Visiting French Prime Minister Guy Mollet confronted by street riot in Algiers by French colonialists opposed to concessions to Muslim nationalists
Title "Spot News Report-Riots in Algiers" superimposed over riot in street / French Prime Minister Guy Mollet descends plane stairs / officials greet Mollet / looking down on Mollet's car with motorcycle escort, crowd to side / Mollet...
British Movietone
AGREEMENT ON BASES?
Seen arriving at Government House, Nicosia, Archbishop Makarios came to continue discussions. He was followed by the Turkish Cypriot leader, Dr Kutchuk, and it was later announced that agreement on the thorny problem of civil...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Work begins on removing New York's flashpoint Teddy Roosevelt statue
Images of workmen working to remove a New York statue of former US president Theodore Roosevelt, which has been long criticized as a racist and colonialist symbol and became a cultural flashpoint in recent years (Footage by AFPTV via...
British Movietone
Spanish Civil War and its complications.
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British Movietone
COLONIAL SECRETARY IN NIGERIA
Continuing his policy of finding out for himself, Mr Oliver Lyttelton has been touring Nigeria. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
France's new premier Guy Mollet is invested in Paris; in Algiers, large protest over removal of Governor General in February 1956
Title card: "France--New Premier Faces Tension Over Algeria" / high angle crowd of photographers in Elysee Palace as President Rene Coty and Premier Guy Mollet enter room / high angle Coty, Mollet and French cabinet including Minister of...
British Movietone
THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
For the last time, the Governor-General's flag was flying in Accra, as Lord Listowel (the last to hold office as Governor-General of Ghana) arrived for the ceremonies. Musical honours and a smart Guard were accorded. As Lord Listowel...
British Movietone
FIJI INDEPENDENCE
After nearly 100 years as a British Colony, Fiji gains its Independence. The Prince of Wales represents the Queen at the Island's celebrations, and drinks a cup of the traditional local brew ""Kava"" during the unusual welcome ceremony....
British Movietone
France's Colonial Exhibition Opened
President Doumergue at Vincennes performs the inaugural ceremony of French Wembley. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
British Movietone
PREMIER HOME FROM TRAVELS
During his historic tour Tripoli fell, and Movietone here presents the first pictures of the final elimination of Italy's Colonial Empire. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
British Movietone
Palestine:
Jewish colony builds up settlement like olden pioneers. Described by Aidan Crawley Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
British Movietone
PACIFIC BATTLEGROUND -
The treacherous attack on America and Britain by Japan has marked a day that will ""live in infamy"". Already firmly established in French Indo-China the Japanese have invaded Malaya and bombed Singapore. Japan bombed the American Naval...
British Movietone
CYPRUS AGREEMENT
Dr Kutchuk, the Turkish Cypriot leader is seen entering Government House to be received by Sir Hugh Foot. And Archbishop Makarios, following on his heels. How familiar a scene during the long negotiations of the past 6 months. Now,...
British Movietone
THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
Midnight in Nicosia, and Sir Hugh Foot entered the assembly chamber of the new Parliament, followed by Archbishop Makarios, who is to take over as first President of Cyprus. Dr Kutchuk, the Turkish Cypriot leader, is to be...
British Movietone
CYPRUS - LATEST NEWS
Cyprus, where, according to the first fruits of the agreement, over nine hundred detainees are to be released. The first of them are seen leaving detention camps near Nicosia and greeted by relatives. Movietone asked some of the Cypriots...
British Movietone
THE FRENCH CRISIS
France has witnessed many a political crisis, in the post-war years, this was a crisis with a difference; that confronted Monsieur Gaillard's eventual successor, Monsieur Pflimlin, the new Premier. The news came of a near-revolution, in...
British Movietone
TURKISH FLARE-UP
Mobs of Turkish Cypriots, demanding ""Takism"" (or partition) and marching to head them off, British troops came to prevent them from attacking Greek Cypriots. This was the first flare-up by the Turkish element in the troubled island....
British Movietone
FRANCE IN TURMOIL
Monsieur Pflimlin arrived at the Elysee to tender his resignation as Prime Minister of France. President Coty refused to accept his resignation until a new Government leader had been found. Corsica followed Algeria's lead, by setting up...
British Movietone
TROUBLE IN THE CONGO
Leopoldville, the capital of the Belgian Congo: after the riots, the situation is quiet, though tense, and life is getting back to normal. The rioters had broken into schools and ransacked them, looting and destroying. Shops were an even...
British Movietone
ADVANCE US BOMBER STATION IN CHINA -
The 14th Air Force carry out an attack on Haiphong in what used to be French Indo-China. The planes then return to their base somewhere in China, where Chinese personnel form part of the ground crews. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...