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INSTRUCTIONAL. Opening shot of a map of India. An arrow indicates the Deccan States and then the Rajputana States and ...
A film depicting the Caribbean islands - West Indies, British Guiana and British Honduras - and highlighting the traditional customs ...
Early footage from Ceylon.
Title card: 'Views and People in Ceylon'. Shots taken from the front of a train as ...
ACTUALITY. A view from above of native boys diving for coins from their boats in Singapore harbour and climbing back ...
Angus Buchanan's expedition to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. Includes Sir Hugh Clifford and the Executive Council ...
Travelogue, showing the buildings, people and wildlife of Nairobi.
Over shots of modern Nairobi, the commentator outlines the transformation of the ...
Travelogue of Delhi.
Main title and credits. Map of India, which zooms in on Delhi. Fade to view of plains ...
General view from Maharajah's Palace, street scenes, the Temple of Juggernaut. Details of stone carving in the temple, market scene, ...
A travelogue taking the form of a car journey through the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
A car with luggage on ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. Scenes in Gibraltar.
Main title and credit (1). Pan right from sea of the town of Gibraltar (33). Street ...
INTEREST - Travelogue. Scenes of Indian life and architecture.
RL.1 Seas breaking on the rocks at Cape Comorin (58-89); the Afghan ...
Travelogue showing scenes from Victoria Falls.
An African woman stands beside a sign which reads 'David Livingstone cut his initials on ...
INTEREST. Travelogue principally around Delhi.
Main titles. (3) MS double gateway, in a perimeter wall, horse and ox traffic passing through. ...
Aspects of nature and industrial life on Honduras.
Opening with scenes from Swan Island, the film shows two Europeans offloading supplies ...
Scenes in Jamaica, featuring shots from a train.
A title introduces 'Montego Bay. The Market Square and Main Street'. The camera ...
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). ...
INTEREST. Fishing with dynamite in the Solomon Islands.
Main title and intertitle (10). A European throws dynamite into a river, it ...
By means of a letter addressed to 'the members, Cinema Clubs for Girls and Boys, Great Britain', a young boy ...
Travelogue showing the people and buildings of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
The initial title explains that 'this capital city of the most southern ...
Life on a road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
Main title and credits (48). Bullock and camel carts ...
Kandy, Colombo and the Kelani river.
Market scene in Kandy. Merchants display their wares, while people, children and animals jostle each ...
DOCUMENTARY.
r.1 Part 1 - the Buddha. Scenes of dark jungle with glimpses of animals, ruined temples and tropical vegetation (180), ...
A story of Rhodesia intended for potential European immigrants. The film highlights the contemporary conditions of life there, outlining the ...
A travelogue of Southern Rhodesia intended for prospective British tourists and immigrants.
Opening with a consideration of ancient Rhodesia, the film ...
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythology associated with them.
Three holy men sitting on a raised stone platform ...
INTEREST. Footage shot by A.C. Haddon during the 1898 Cambridge expedition to the Torres Strait, showing a series of native ...
Travelogue showing scenes from British North Borneo.
Opening with a train journey, the film shows views from the train as it ...
Indian village life including a Brahmin initiation ceremony and a Hindu wedding.
Peasant life in a village in Rajputana. Early morning ...