Maps Plans Charts
Images of Brazil From Colonial Times
WHITHER AFRICA? Prime Minister Harold Macmillan embarks upon a tour of Africa.
AERIAL SURVEY Good coverage of an aerial survey being made of motorway area.
AERIAL SURVEY Aerial photographs taken of London are used to make detailed ordnance survey map.
MACARTHUR RETURNS TO PHILIPPINES American General Douglas MacArthur returned to Philippines.
ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA AIR RACE Diagram and shots of route for England to Australia air race.
NEW MAPS FOR NEW WORLDS New air age maps replace those based on sea travel.
MAP MAKING Good footage of map making and modelling in Willesden, London.
MAINLY MAPS A brief history of maps and mapmaking.
RAF BOMB JAPANESE BASES IN BURMA Aerial shots of RAF bombs dropping on bases in Burma.
WEATHER SATELLITE STATION Hawker Siddley's new weather satellite station
EVEREST MODEL Sir Steven Tallents and Professor Finch inspect a model of Mount Everest.
LATEST NEWS FROM RUSSIA An item showing Russia's progress against Germany in the war.
ALL EYES ON SINGAPORE Imperial troops guard Singapore in which there is much interest.
MAPPING IT OUT French army map makers at work, showing every stage in production of maps.
THE CORONATION Police urges public to issue a free map with all the information about Coronation.
NEW MAPS FOR NEW WORLDS New air age maps replace those based on sea travel.
SCHOOL PLAYGROUND Children at a primary school have a geography lesson on their playground atlas.
BLAZING THE TRAIL AGAIN! Colonel Lindbergh sets off on a surveying flight across
THIRD AIRPORT FOR LONDON New model for third London airport unveiled.
JAMES FITZPATRICK Pathe meets cameraman James Fitzpatrick.
GHQ FIRE ARMY A look inside London Fire Brigade's control room in Lambeth.
JAPAN RUNS AMUCK America prepares to fight Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
GLOBE MAKING Good item showing how spherical maps of the world are made.
SPORTS - LANCASHIRE BOWLERS FOR AUSTRALIA.
Selected Originals - OIL AND WAR Material related to newsreel stories "Oil and War" - 51/53.
MAP MAKING map making and modelling
AIR MAPPING Maps are produced in Italy using aerial photographs and the pentagraph system.
THE WORLD IS ROUND Processes involved in the manufacture of globes at an Austrian factory.
MAP MAKING This film shows the processes involved in producing Ordnance Survey Maps.
MAP SURVEY How maps are created at the Ordinance Survey Commission.
US PACIFIC ADVANCE CONTINUES American troops advancing through the Philippines towards Manila.
GLOBE MAKING Processes involved in making geographical globes.
American air base for the B-29 bomber planes built at Saipan, Pacific Ocean..
TOP BRASS WITH MAP A senior army officer looks at a map, and soldiers stand around a big gun. Paris.
MAP MAKING BY W.V.S. Ladies from the Women's Voluntary Service make maps out of cloth for the army.
MOBILE TAP TRUCK Soldiers of Royal Engineers learn how to make maps under battle conditions.
ROADS A look at various roads from Roman times to present day.
PACIFIC SUPPLIES Maps showing ocean routes of supplies convoys.
PLASTIC MAPS German newsreel about map making / cartography.
WORLD'S LARGEST MAP INFLATED Enormous globe is inflated at Idlewild Airport, New York.
AERIAL SURVEY Good coverage of an aerial survey being made of motorway area.
Commercial Railroad Industry Charts for 1920 & 1933
RAF MEN FOR HIMALAYAS Footage of RAF men preparing for the Himalayas.
MAP OF ATLANTIC Map of Atlantic Ocean with route of convoy to Russia.
MOVING MAP DISPLAY - BAGSHOT A great system for helping drivers to find their way is demonstrated.
RAF'S GREATEST BOMBING RAID R.A.F. Set Off for Bombing Raid on the Isle of Sylt
