COMPILATION. A selection of films from the series including sections from native India, Imperial India, Japan and Ceylon.

Main title. "Under the direction of Dr. George A. Dorsey, curator of Anthropolgy for the Field Museum. Assisted by Dr. Fay Cooper Gale and Capt. E.E. Bradley. Propietors: Sun Exclusives" (2). "Native India part 1" and intertitles (29). LS of potters working beneath shade of palm trees; pots laid out in foreground; in background straw-thatched huts and children (45); pan right of scene (54). LS of villagers as they gather around; pots in the foreground with potter's wheel being worked to right (66). "Madura Bamboo Basket Makers" (69). MS of two men working on baskets seated on ground (76); one man works on half-finished basket, while another cuts strips for weaving (86). "Tamil Women and Children of the Dyer Class" (91). MS of same (117). Two children look at camera (123). "The Clay is pounded fine and mixed with Water" (130). MS of Tamil women on hunkers pounding clay with wooden mallet (140). "A Potter carrying a lump of wet Clay on his Head" (146). LS of potter carrying clay to camera, with pots in foreground, he drops the clay onto the ground (154). He beats the clay as another man pours water over it (165). MS of man working on clay (180-200); LS of man working clay with feet, watched by children (214). LS of three men holding up potter's wheel while another man sweeps below it (226-237); wheel is placed on ground (249); wheel started with stick and speeded up (259-294). Clay placed on centre of wheel and worked (341); clay is worked into a pot (365-507); the completed pot is taken off then potter works on another pot (515). "Usually the Vessel comes from the Wheel without a Bottom. This is formed by pounding the Pot against a rounded Stone with a Wooden Mallet" (523). LS of man doing same (571); the man cleans up the pot (575). "The Vessels are given a Slip and allowed to Harden in the Sun" (580). LS, pan left - right of pots drying in sun (597); men pile on more pots (682). LS looking down on three men working on the wheels (637); MS of each of the men working on their pots (676). A line of women carrying finished pots parade through the village (682-705). "Homes of the cotton and silk Weavers of Madura" (710). LS of village with huts, palm trees and grazing cattle, pan right to left (743); LS of the villagers as they pose for camera (746-781). The dye vats (784-797); women stand by the vats pounding their feet in buckets, they turn over the cotton in the bucket and continue pounding with feet, they then put more cotton into the bucket (821); HAS of same (829). Cotton yarn hanging out to dry on large wooden tressels and posts (832-852). "Fisher Folk Cottages in a Cocoanut Grove on the Coramandel Coast" (860). LS of same (880); villagers stand around their huts (882-894). LS of a primitive water wheel for irrigation powered by a number of men one of whom walks on the paddles (898-917); MS of same (935). An even more primitive irrigation device; four men, in pairs, swing a leather bag through water and drain contents over a dyke (943-967). Bullocks tread out rice (972-982); women stack and gather straw and form a huge straw stack in the shape of a house. The stack is very large and needs the use of two long ladders to finish the top (1003). Two boys pound rice in a wooden mortar (1006-1028). LS of beach and the launching of a fishing boat (1031-1057). Shot along the beach as a two-man catamaran is brought in to the shore (1061-1065). A net is hauled in by the villagers (1136). "Imperial India. Part 1..." (1143). "H.H. the Maharana leaves the Palace with a few retainers for a ride in the State Barge" (1155). LS of crowds on quayside outside palace at Udaipur (1165). H.H., under a canopy and entourage descend steps onto barge (1197); the barge moves off (1203). Elephants bathing in a river with their handlers (1205-1238). Crowds at a Hindi religious festival, elephants dressed up are seen in the background (1244-1247); MS of one of the elephants which carries an image of Vishna the Preserver on its head (1253-1313) LS of parade of elephants (1332-1337). Inside the palace courtyard horses are paraded (1344-1350). HAS of elephant as it enters the courtyard; the handlers, sitting on top of the elephant, guide it to a large thick wall. On the other side of the wall is another elephant. The two elephants fight each other over the wall with tusks, trunks and heads (1454). "H.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad entertains a Persian Prince with a Cheetah party" (1461). A convoy of horses and carts seen along a road (1477). One of the carts holds a blindfolded cheetah (1488); MCU of same (1499). MCU of black buck - the game (1512). LS of the cheetah attacking the buck, men try to drag it away (1518); MCU of same (1522). The cheetah is lured back to the cart, once it is blindfolded, by the blood of the buck (1565). A white man strokes the cheetah's back at the cart (1573). LS of typical Rajpoot warriors walking to camera (1580-1593). On top of an elephant two Indians and a white man sit, ready for tiger hunting (1600); back view of elephant (1600). Two men jump into a walled pool - part of palace complex at Udaipur (?) (1637). Rl. 2. LS of the coastline of Japan (1-4). LS of port, with barges, sail boats and houses on quayside (Tokyo?) (38). MS of sail boat in harbour with bridge in background (54). Street scene in city, tram passes by, rickshaws seen (64); street with people on the pavement, women carry babies on their backs (121). Tokyo's Imperial Opera house; MS pan left to right (129-138); LS of facade (142). Scenes in Asakusa Park, temple complex in background (?) (151-212). "Japanese infantry on their way to capture Kiau Chau from the Germans" (219). LS of wide street with troops marching down past camera (244). Exterior of one of Tokyo's railway station (247-270). Canals in Tokyo (282-297); pan left to right of canal with barges (303-329). Market stalls with mooli (350). Uyeno (Ueno) Park and a large crescent shaped memorial (?) (374). Further street scenes (437). Theatre Street, showing painted billboards advertising the theatre, banners, and crowds in street (441-480). Professor Shigitaga Suguira, tutor to the Crown Prince bows to camera (482). The faculty of Tokyo High School, pan right showing seated and standing teachers, some dressed as Europeans (493-503). Athletics meeting of high schools, end of race (?) and waving school children (511-522). Preparations for the coronation; four ox pull a large road roller over a large wide road in a park (528-557); LS of girls cutting the grass in the park (589). Coolies carry a large stone from a quarry (610). A man is seen seated outside as he makes paper parasoles (651); he puts the parasoles out to dry (662). A man in the street makes candy, shaded by a parasole (667-702). A Damascen artists is seen at work along with some of the products made by him (705-809). LS of rocks carved Buddhas in Ceylon (839) "The Great Wagoba of Polonnaruwa" (842). LS of rock carved dome with pinnacle (856); LS of temple ruins, panright to show a round temple (876); HAS of same to show stairways and platforn (896); LS through one of the four entrances to show seated Buddha (908); MCU of carvings (929); columns of the ruined palace carved like tree trunks (948); LS of brick built temple (954-964); LS of columns amid temple complex, the camera follows two natives as they walk to the large brick built temple (988); inside the temple is a large brick statue of Buddha, the natives stand at the bottom of the statue to show the scale (1028). Pan left to right of European's house (1048). LS of Sigri the rock fortress (1054-1066); the fortress is approached by rock carved steps (1074-1101); some steps are enclosed in galleries (1110-1121). LS of people entering a tunnel; inside a walled gallery (1130-1144). The Great Tiger claw stairway (1149-1161). The summit is reached by iron ladders (1169-1187). Views from the summit (1207). The artificial resevoir on top of the summit (1213-1219). The trail leading to the great rock temple of Dambulla, a group of Europeans and native children follow it (1226-1245). LS of the temple complex beneath the cliff face (1254-1299). LS of Devil dancers (1312-1332); drummers (1334); a masked `clown' dances with the drummers (1365). The dancers perform (1373-1388); the women dance separately (1394-1445). The two groups dancing (1456-1487). A number of dancers have a frenzied fit and are controlled (1505-1565). The leader of the dancers kisses the feet of some Europeans (1571-1590). LS sacred kites being fed by priests (1670). Incomplete? (2300ft).