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INTEREST. The Maharajah of Kapurthala and his guests on their journey towards the fishing grounds: men riding on elephants (29). ...
A parable about the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Documents the co-operative work of the Christian Church in the Federation of Malaya.
Epic drama set in Chandrapore in the 1920s, about the relationships between a group of English people and a Muslim ...
Coverage of the King and Queen at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911.
"Memorial serivce at St Paul's Cathedral to the Antarctic heroes. The arrival of the Lord Mayor of London and sheriffs." ...
British actress Patricia Burka, serving with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), entertains airmen at Sadaung, Burma.
Patricia Burke ...
Stage and film star Patricia Burke gives an impromptu show to British troops while she is the guest ...
The World Health Organisation at work in Bolivia, Nigeria and Burma.
Describes the 5 races of people in Malaya and their work in the factories and fields.
The film shows Indian towns and villages, and highlights the production of silk, wheat, rice, sugar and jute.
The film ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. Aspects of life in Burma.
A riverside community populated by true Burmese, children playing in the water, women washing clothes ...
Documentary on the city of Petra. Traces four civilisations, each of which found value in re-establishing the life of this ...
Shows the many tourist attractions of Hong Kong
INTEREST: Scenes in Bombay and Calcutta.
"The Botanical Gardens of Bombay"(5). MS park gardens. A European man in the foreground photographs ...
India. (1926?1946?) British man pouring tea by the roadside from a flask, then climbing onto a horse and off trekking, ...
A travelogue of Palestine.
Includes scenes in Haifa, the Sea of Galilee, Tiberius, Capernium, Jericho, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and the daily ...
Dramatised episode showing an old couple preparing for the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Film shows the couple withdrawing savings, obtaining ...
Documentary on life in the Indian Air Force (IAF) culminates with a plea to Indian audience for more ...
Story of terrifying adventures of rubber planter and his wife in Malaya whose estate is attacked by bandits.
Film showing a number of slogans, posters and graffiti during rising political unrest in Batavia, Dutch East Indies ...
Footage depicting the unsettled political climate in Bandoeng (Bandung) in central Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Slow pan left-to-right ...
The historic past, cultural and economic present and potential future of Palestine are all portrayed as (mainly implicit) ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. Scenes in North Borneo (Sabah).
Main title and credit (10). Village with houses on stilts above water, native canoe ...
Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.
The army use deceptive tactics in order to mislead the Japanese in preparation for the crossing of the ...
A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd ...
A record of the Preston Empire Day celebration of 22 May 1909.
A title introduces 'Preston Empire Day May 22nd 1909. ...
No main title. Men in military uniform disembarking from a small launch. A second launch from which the Prince and ...
ACTUALITY. Ranjitsinhji, practising at the nets prior to the First Test between England and Australia at Sydney, 13-17 December 1897. ...
MAIN TITLE Prince of Wales [later, Edward, Duke of Windsor] sets sail from Portsmouth for India on the 'Renown' (55ft).
Note: ...
Three senior air officers talking in front of a parked North American Harvard aircraft; one is an Air Marshal (possibly ...
1,403 freed Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees board the RMS Orbita at Rangoon, Burma, for repatriation, ...
Former Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Siam (Thailand), board a landing craft to a ...
INTEREST. A short procession of Indian men and women pass in front of the camera. The men are in the ...
Amateur film showing a procession of elephants in silver-plated armour in Jaipur; women spinning; the road to Amber; scenes of ...
No main title. A long procession of elephants slowly passes along a road lined with soldiers. Probably part of the ...
High angle shots from roof of Secretariat building of procession moving though Columbo with civilians all around. Twelve Spitfire Mk ...
Film made for Harrisons and Crosfield, publicising the company's contribution to Malayan national prosperity.
Malayan wealth is based on ...
Film showing the importance of Yong Peng, with particular emphasis on the contrast between past, present and future.
The ...
Amateur film shot by Captain Clifford Williams (Sikh Regiment) when a junior staff officer with the Punjab Boundary ...
Life in an agricultural village in the Punjab and the daily round.
Indian troops of 9th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment arrive at Kuching, capital of Sarawak, after a complex transshipping ...
Amateur film. Europeans and Indians at Puri, India.
ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM. An expedition through the Borneo jungle to a pygmy settlement. All the `pygmies' smoke, including children from the ...
Qatar's new found prosperity due to the oil industry.
A film made to recruit Iraquis for the oil industry.