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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 ...