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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
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 ...