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Drama of kidnapping and intrigue set against an Indian background.
Amateur film showing everyday life in the Hunter household in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Hnter introduces films by titles. In train nearing ...
Amateur film showing the Horse Artillery and Sir Hugh Stephenson, Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Scenes include; a polo match, ...
Amateur film showing Kashmir, Kabul, a yogi hanging over a fire, the Shan States and leg rowers on Inle lake.
No ...
Khyber Pass: Mule train/camel train/outpost (125). Kashmir: Dal lake (near Srinagar). Agra: cattle market, Taj Mahal, market scenes, Red Fort ...
TRAVELOGUE. Scenes in Malaya.
No main title. "A prominent land-mark - Government House, residence of the Governor of the Strait Settlements" ...
Amateur film of New Delhi. Street scenes. Fountains. Show jumping and horse artillery on parade. AV from a plane. Interior ...
Travelgoue. Scenes in Peshawar, the village of Kabla, the Khyber Pass and Lundi Kotal.
Map of the world, CU of the ...
First section of a floating dock leaves Newcastle for Singapore (44ft).
AMATEUR FILM of a Safari in East Africa made by Glen Kidston. The film shows scenes from the Suez Canal, ...
Newsreel item on air travel to India.
A journey by car and camel, through Persia and on to Quetta in Baluchistan.
Camel caravan (57-68). Man leading mules (71-75). ...
DRAMA. Set in Malaya. Professor Gilbert Olives and his wife Marion are in Malaya so that he can develop an ...
Home movie footage of the Wicket family of Penarth Estate rubber plantation Enggor, Cameron Highlands of Malaya.
Home movie footage of the European market in Brastagi, Malaya.
MEDICAL. Scenes in the Kala-Azar [visceral leishmaniasis, dum-dum fever, tropical splenomegaly, or sirkari disease] endemic area in Bengal. Living conditions ...
Extended sequence showing the open air collection of the wild life in an Indian Zoo. Concentrating mainly on baby elephants ...
A tour made by rail and road to India, Burma and Sikkim, by members of the Grand Lodge of the ...
Some footage duplicated from GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 14, some from others. Sheila Mary's first summer, birthday games with her ...
Home movie footage of the reception.
Amateur film. City scenes in Calcutta.
Travelogue of Malaya.
Government-sponsored film showing the history, buildings and industries of Malaya.
Extensive titles outline the history of the region, under Portuguese, Dutch ...
Main Title. "THE IRREPRESSIBLE MR LEVINE, AMERICA'S MILLIONAIRE AMATEUR AIRMAN 'TAKES OFF' FROM CRANWELL WITH BRITISH PILOT - CAPT HINCHCLIFFE". ...
Amateur film. Europeans and Indians at Puri, India.
A travelogue with a heavy emphasis on Kodak goods - arriving at the port, kodak goods being unloaded and then ...
RAF troops leaving for Iraq (51ft).
An Indian Durbar' (1926) Travelogue style film showing coronation of Sir Hari Singh as Maharajah of Kashmir.
Production / Donor Details: ...
Army camp with British army officers waiting for 'The Off.' Armoured Car exercises & inspection. Meeting of two tribal clanleaders ...
Empire premiers at Cambridge University, including Mackenzie King of Canada, and the Maharajah of Burdan (44ft).
A ruined planter makes good in Australia and returns in time to save his fiancée from a nunnery.
Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.
ACTUALITY. Garden party given by Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India during the Calcutta `season'.
Main title (10). The garden party guests ...
Amateur film of the various stages in the digging of ditches to drain subsoil to assist in malaria control
ACTUALITY. The Governor of Bengal, Lord Lytton, inspects the Governor's Bodyguard in Calcutta.
Main title. The Governor and his party get ...
The King-Emperor's horse race at Calcutta, India.
Government of India Censor Certificate (6). Main title (10). "The King Emperor's Cup Race ...
Amateur film. ?Camp in Waziristan, Khyber. Sunset in camp, blockhouse and many tents in lines, camels and drivers.
AMATEUR. Scenes in an Indian wildlife park.
A couple, in colonial style clothes, stand behind a tapir. The man strokes and ...
A detailed look at rice cultivation in Burma.
A travelogue showing Acre, the river Jordan, the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, Jericho, Bethlehem and Hebron.
Life in an agricultural village in the Punjab and the daily round.
Salvation army workers among the Bhil tribesmen, caring for Burmese and Ceylonese children, and the work of the Catherine Booth ...
Palestine in the present day, arranged as to illustrate the New Testament of the Bible.
Scenes of the life of the people of Palestine, contrasting the ancient and the modern.
The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.
The ...
Colonel Mackenzie Rogan inspects Indian bands ready for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley (52ft).
Scenes of the journey through the Suez Canal, the crossing from Aden to Djibouti, and the train journey from Dijbouti ...