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Foot-operated potter's wheel in action. Natives making jars and dishes. The filling of the oven for the baking process.
Main title (1). "A cinematographic record of the magnificent & historical ceremonies of December 12th, 1911." (7). In a large ...
Main title. "This great function took place outside Delhi and in importance and magnificence exceeded all such events known in ...
Main title. A general view of the throne dais in the centre of the vast arena (62); a horse-drawn carriage ...
TOPICAL. Disembarkation of King George V and Queen Mary, returning from India.
"The 'Medina' arrives Portsmouth - Their Majesties disembarking". Shot ...
Main title. "The Durbar Procession". The procession moves along a road in open countryside lined with troops (65). A distant ...
Coverage of the King and Queen at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911.
Shows the course of events leading up to the relief of Lucknow.
Main title (2). A fakir (dressed only in loin cloth) helps his two assistants to set up a pattern of ...
"ARRIVAL OF MAH H.R.H. JIND (sic). Inspection of the guard of honour" (5). A train arrives and officers in white ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. Scenes in and around Rangoon, Burma.
No main title. "Famille de Birmans" (5). A village, a group of children ...
The coronation procession of King George V.
No titles. Two frames with `King George V Coronation' scratched on them. The coronation ...
King George V and Queen Mary en route to the Delhi Durbar. They are greeted at Port Said? and attend ...
INTEREST. The Maharajah of Kapurthala and his guests on their journey towards the fishing grounds: men riding on elephants (29). ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. Scenes in North Borneo (Sabah).
Main title and credit (10). Village with houses on stilts above water, native canoe ...
INTEREST. An elephant under the dirction of its trainer moves three large tree trunks over muddy ground (30ft). [16mm].
Note: Contained ...
Interest. Rural and town scenes of Ceylon.
No Titles. Busy street scene (5). A group of people, including women and girls, ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. The gathering of coconuts and transport by river; the preparation of copra and the sale of coconut oil.
The ...
INTEREST. Kandy, Sri Lanka: a temple set in trees. Pans left to right (69). A gateway with a small boy ...
INTEREST. A short procession of Indian men and women pass in front of the camera. The men are in the ...
Harvesting and canning of pineapples in Singapore.
Chinese locals work in the pineapple fields. A man, shot from below, cuts the ...
Drama. Historical. The child of a sepoy is dangerously ill. Despite her husband's prejudices, the sepoy's wife goes to the ...
Pathe film of Singapore. The film includes waterfront scenes, and scenes in the centre of Singapore. It also shows the ...
INTEREST. Indian elephants at work hauling timber.
An elephant team pushes its way through a thicket (20). Natives fell and trim ...
INTERET. Travelogue. A Muslim festival in Delhi.
Main title (4). HAS of the city (5). Crowded street scenes during the festival ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. The manufacture of rope at Howrah.
Main title (3). Indians unload bales of hemp from a barge on the river ...
INTEREST. Working elephants in India.
Titles (1). Gap (4). MS three elephants walk along a beach past the camera. In the ...
INTEREST. Indian elephants bathing and working.
Sea breaking on rocky shoreline (17). Native handlers on Indian elephants emerging from a lake ...
INTEREST. Scenes in North Borneo.
Titles (11). Gap. Main title (14). Titles (21). MS house, native people in the foreground, a ...
A record of the Preston Empire Day celebration of 22 May 1909.
A title introduces 'Preston Empire Day May 22nd 1909. ...
Kandy, Colombo and the Kelani river.
Market scene in Kandy. Merchants display their wares, while people, children and animals jostle each ...
INTEREST. Scenes from the Far East.
Crowds of native people at a quayside passing items from hand to hand to load ...
INTEREST. The growing, collection and processing of tea in Ceylon.
No main title. Tea bushes planted out by natives under European ...
Travelogue showing scenes from British North Borneo.
Opening with a train journey, the film shows views from the train as it ...
INTEREST. An Indian baby is held in various positions on the knees of an Indian woman, while another pours several ...
A street busy with pedestrians and animal-drawn carts is filmed from a static camera position. Many of the Indian men ...
INTEREST. Scenes of life and customs in Calcutta and Bombay.
A busy street in Calcutta filmed from the top of a ...
Early footage from Ceylon.
Title card: 'Views and People in Ceylon'. Shots taken from the front of a train as ...
No main title. Men in military uniform disembarking from a small launch. A second launch from which the Prince and ...
No main title. A long procession of elephants slowly passes along a road lined with soldiers. Probably part of the ...
ACTUALITY. Commissioner Higgins of the Salvation Army visits Ahmedabad Girls' School.
A group of girls of different ages, wearing uniform dresses ...