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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) ...