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INTEREST. The way of life of the Bedouins of Moab, Jordan.
Main title (2). A family group of Bedouins sitting outside ...
Behind-the-scenes in the Indian Air Force.
The film shows: aircraft in flight; a newspaper headline stating 'three Japanese planes ...
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, ...
India 1947. Story of an Anglo-Indian girl, feeling rejected by both her worlds, in the conflict between her attraction for ...
Introduced by Lord Lee of Fareham, who explains that many doubt the value of the Bible of history. Views are ...
Remarkable film record of adventures covering a period of thirty years. Pioneering work photographing wild animals in Africa, India, ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. Opening shot of a map of India. An arrow indicates the Deccan States and then the Rajputana States and ...
ACTUALITY. Shots of various birds and reptiles in Northern India.
Forest (16). Flock of birds flying in circles (23). Two white ...
In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess ...
ACTUALITY. Coming-of-age celebrations for a Maharajah in India.
A procession of elephants with howdahs passes the camera, crowds run beside it ...
Five Anglo-Catholic nuns open a school and a hospital in the Himalayas. It prospers until a series of mishaps turn ...
A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded ...
At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...
Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded ...
This film includes footage of Kuta Belud airstrip, Kinabulu Mountain, extensive manoeuvres of the Royal Marines in Sabah, and scenes ...
A video made for Steel Brothers from original 35mm film to record their timber operations in the forests of Burma ...
An outline of the history of the State of Kotah, including extracts from vintage 16mm films of the late Maharao ...
Copies of Maharao of Kotah's 16 mm films:
Kutch-Sant marriage 1928. Shikar (Hunting) in Kutch (1928?). Betrothal and marriage of Maharao ...
Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.
General ...
Landings are made on beaches at Ramree Island with survey shots of damaged and destroyed buildings on the ...
Documentary about the Hong Kong Chinese as represented by the Lung family and their deep involvement with ancestral glory, coupled ...
Travelogue of a trip by the Martin Johnsons through Borneo.