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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Fictionalised documentary of evangelist Mott Keislar and his physician wife in Lahore and how they teach and treat local people. ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is ...
The Calcutta waterfront viewed from a vessel moving up the Ganges, showing pilgrims descending into the water, dhows and rafts. ...
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.
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." ...
Stage and film star Patricia Burke gives an impromptu show to British troops while she is the guest ...
The film shows Indian towns and villages, and highlights the production of silk, wheat, rice, sugar and jute.
The film ...
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, ...
Documentary on life in the Indian Air Force (IAF) culminates with a plea to Indian audience for more ...
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 ...
Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.
A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd ...
A record of the Preston Empire Day celebration of 22 May 1909.
A title introduces 'Preston Empire Day May 22nd 1909. ...
No main title. Men in military uniform disembarking from a small launch. A second launch from which the Prince and ...
ACTUALITY. Ranjitsinhji, practising at the nets prior to the First Test between England and Australia at Sydney, 13-17 December 1897. ...
MAIN TITLE Prince of Wales [later, Edward, Duke of Windsor] sets sail from Portsmouth for India on the 'Renown' (55ft).
Note: ...
INTEREST. A short procession of Indian men and women pass in front of the camera. The men are in the ...