Children's Christmas party in garden with parents. Celebrations to mark the accession of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa, the Shaikh of ...
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Dalyell Collection
Subjects include the visit of the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Squadron, Vice-Admiral Dunbar Nasmith, November 1933; pearl fishing in Bahrain waters; British warships and gunboats in the Persian Gulf; flagstaff at British Agency decorated for the King George V's birthday, June 1934.
Known individuals include Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to Shaikh Hamad; Admiral Sir Eric Martin Dunbar-Nasmith.
Production / Donor Details: These cine films were shot by Gordon Loch & Eleanor Loch-Dalyell, parents of British politician Tam Dalyell, during their service in the Empire. Lt.-Col. Loch (who took the name and arms of Dalyell of the Binns in 1938) served as an Intelligence and Political Officer in the Middle East and India from 1908 onwards. During the period of these films he was Political Agent in Gilgit (Kashmir) from 1924-27; in Mysore, Kathiawar and Rewa States from 1928-31; and in the Persian Gulf from 1932-37. He retired in 1938.
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