Mrs Chisman has her horse brought from the stables at her colonial bungalow. Her groom in attendance. She gallops the horse over the 'Downs'. Good shots of the Indian servants.
Meeting of the 'Fox Hunters' with their pack ...
Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.
Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.
Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.
INTEREST. A look at a day's activities in a Jewish colony at Deganya, Palestine.
Aerial views of Deganya, which the commentary says is a model Jewish colony. It is at the southern end of Lake Kinneret, of which several shots follow. Shots also ...
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given over to food production, a significant contribution is made by the British Commonwealth of Nations. The ...
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given over to food production, a significant contribution is made by the British Commonwealth of ...
Ford mobile canteens involved in the blitz and in ceremonies.
The film is divided into 4 numbered and titled sections. "H M the Queen inspects Ford-built mobile canteens" The queen inspects mobile ...
A survey of Trinidad, its street architecture, arts and crafts and its native population.
Amateur film without titles shot by Colonel G E Grimsdale when serving as the senior Army member of the Far Eastern Combined Intelligence Bureau (FECB) records his two young sons swimming in ship and shore pools, view across Hong Kong harbour, the ...
Bombay: Traffic scenes in busy large city centre with double decker trams. Newly constructed flats . European boys and men at their leisure swimming , diving and playing at a swimming pool in a seaside setting.
Cargo boats ...
Film showing what happens when a boy joins the Royal Indian Navy.
Footage of India's coastline is used as an introduction. Indian boys arriving to join the Navy are shown next, and the film chooses one of them to ...
(Reel 1) Scenes in Bermuda, HMS Cumberland and HMS Exeter in harbour, ashore in Jamaica.
(Reel 2) Goodwill voyage round South America, stopping in Rio de Janeiro, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Chile, through Panama Canal to Curaao, Trinidad and the ...
Amateur film, presumably shot by an officer of the East or South Lancashire Regiment serving in India, shows servants and colourful flowers in English-style garden ("Our Garden"), overlooking sea or lake. Opening sequence of tropical sunset may be ...
Everyday glimpses of Chinese life in Hong Kong, showing the mix of eastern and western influences, both ancient and modern.
"The Thaw Asiatic Expedition presents INDIA. Produced by Lawrence Copley Thaw. In the new Magnacolor. Copyright MCMXL. Trans Asia, Inc. All Rights Reserved"
The film begins with a short text celebrating India's cultural ...
Amateur footage of a baby girl on a couch; walking in a livng room with a Chinese man and the mother (?); the woman and baby in a pram; the christening (?); the baby in a high chair with toys.
Amatuer footage of English family scenes in India. Mountains and a building; a man and woman in a ricksahw; a man with the camera; a small girl in garden with Chinese (?) man; convoy of mules on road; English woman, Chinese man and girl having a picnic ...
Amateur footage of English family life in India. Woman and girl in house, mountains and snow; girl playing in snow with man; five children playing outside; six girls in a group; CU of woman and girl playing in the garden.
Shots taken in Western Desert around Matruh, Egypt. Madrassi sappers at work on anti-tank ditch with pneumatic drill. Further shots of Madrassi sappers, Cameronians filling sandbags, RHA building pillbox ...
Scenes of an Indian Durbar.
First Italian prisoners arrive in Palestine, by train at Latroun. They disembark and run or walk to cookhouse for meal. Prisoners receiving food and eating. Australian sentries. Prisoners march off to ...
Amateur film without titles shot by Royal Engineer Lieutenant Archibald ("Archie") Jack of King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners records mainly off-duty scenes of the Regiment while at Roorkee, United Provinces, ...
Amateur film shot by C R Miskin while serving with the Tochi Scouts on the North West Frontier of India.
Notes
Summary: viewing notes made with C R Miskin in Acquisition file
Amateur film shot by C R Miskin while serving with the Tochi Scouts on the North West Frontier of India.
Notes
Summary: viewing notes made with C R Miskin in Acquisition file
Amateur film shot by C R Miskin while serving with the Tochi Scouts on the North West Frontier of India.
Notes
Summary: viewing notes made with C R Miskin in Acquisition file
The development of Rhodesia from its discovery. The beauty of the Victoria Falls and the surrounding grasslands are explored.
African tribesmen who dress as leopards and fix steel talons to their hands with which to murder neighbours.
Mrs Layard execising her equestrian skills. Practicing gymkhana course. Horse racing by local Indians without saddles. Visit to old Carcassone in France.
Production / Donor Details: The collection was shot mainly in India ...
I. Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, with senior British officers serving with Middle East Command in the grounds of the British Embassy in Cairo; among them are Major-General Richard O'Connor, commander of the 6th Division, and ...
Survey of the desperate need of Hong Kong and Guam for arms against the forces of Japanese aggression.
Development programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika illustrate that "even in the midst of war, Great Britain does not shirk her responsibilities to her colonies."
An opening sequence of maps and stock shots ...
I. Rushes for the instructional film "Boats and Boatwork", A.64. Cutters and ketches.
II. Naval material. HA.MLS of Thames Class submarine in Grand Harbour, Malta. MS profile of Sealion Class and forward 3/4 MS of Thames Class submarines. ...
Unedited footage of railway and road traffic in Ceylon. Also footage of the launching of sailing boats from the beaches.
A day in the life of a 'typical' English family. Intended for African distribution.
After an opening shot of a policeman walking down a suburban street, we are introduced to a woman inside a house. She wakes up her son, who ...
A record of the Thaw Asiatic Expedition. The Maharajah of Mysore and the Prime Minister. The Krishna Raja Saga Dam and the Gometswara sanctuary.
Amateur film shot by British Army Doctor showing a variety of scenes in and around Mysore (Southern India) including festival scenes in Mysore (Dussehra), Mysore Zoo.
Colour: train along tracks; sign - "Mysore Sandal Soap"; Cauvery Falls B&W: ...
Early Wartime Atlantic Convoy at sea. Merchant shipping in port. French warship making steam. Mini-Durbar gathering of horsemen and horse races. Childhood domestic scene at bungalow with donkey rides and dancing. Safari party with ...
REEL 1 - Views in Alexandria Harbour show battleships HMS Malaya and HMS Warspite, cruiser and French three-funnel troopship; Short Sunderlands and Fairey Sea Fox aircraft taking off; Mediterranean caique; Leander Class cruiser, various sailing ...
Narrative story of Kasoma, and African boy from the village of Manunga, N. Rhodesia. The story begins in his village and depicts the traditional way of life. Kasoma decides to leave the village to seek work in the new mining towns of the Copper Belt, ...
I. Reel One. Newly decorated naval officers outside Buckingham Palace - a Lieutenant shows his wife his medal in its presentation case.
II. Minelaying. LS off the port bow of HMS Plover steaming in ...
Documentary on life in the Indian Air Force (IAF) culminates with a plea to Indian audience for more and better planes for the IAF.
At the headquarters of the Indian Air Force in the Punjab, Hawker Harts of 1 ...
Amateur film. Various street scenes and masked dance troupe.
Story of escapades in foreign parts of millionaire's son. Written by Don Hartman and Frank Butler
Reel 1: Long shots of village. Long shots of communal washing and drying area. Close up view of a dog. General view of a statue. General views of a town, people, traffic, streets and statues. General views of people in a public park. General views of ...
Large contingent of Royal West African Frontier Force arrive in India by ship.
Various scenes of their travelling by train precede scenes of their arrival.
Reel 1: (Can - Yadanaku Pwe 1941) "Regatta at Yedanaku 1941" Sign to Ava Bridge 9 miles. Ox carts transport parts of Karaweik Paung mythical bird for subsequent assembly on a backwater of the River Irrawaddy near Amarapura when the river was in full ...
START 00:00:00 17:33 Under-exposed travelling shot from a train from Colombo to hill country south of Kandy. At Kadugannawa, a Sri Lankan railway porter pulls traveller's luggage etc on a large hand cart. The sign on the station platform for ...
