Amateur film shot by British Army Kinema Unit operator Sergeant Roy Lister records scenes of local life in Colombo, Gordon Gardens, fire fighters tackling an oil conflagration in the docks [either Colombo or Trincomalee, and caused by a spark from an ...
RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.
Landscape view of Kai Tak aerodrome panning to an old people's ...
Boats on a river; some wildlife shots; family on a beach, and a few nightime shots.
Shots of birds; a boat in dry dock (Gambia); a folk dancing display by people in costumes (possibly Eastern Europe).
Unedited rushes.
Visit to Brunei on the north coast of Borneo with its large oilfield. Tourist attractions.
General views of Gondar, Ethiopia, including the fort with prisoners and Ras Seyoum's castle. Lieutenant-General Wetherall, Acting GOC East Africa with Major General Foulkes, GOC 12th African Division, ...
Amateur footage of scenes in Ethiopia and Addis Ababa at the time of Haile Selassie's coronation, November 1930.
"Leaving Aden". Shots of the shore from ship, pan of shoreline with ships and dhows off Aden. "A country station with ...
Shots from Indian Film Unit. Capture of Massawa, Eritrea. Indian troops, Italian prisoners. Garwali Regiment. Free French Commander. General Heath watches operations. Sunken vessel in harbour.
British and Indian troops in action around Cheren (Keren), Eritrea.
Troops load up trucks with supplies for the front line on a portion of railway captured from the ...
RAF photo-reconnaissance Mosquito aircraft make an accidental flight over Mount Everest and Makalu in the Himalayan mountain range.
Aircrew ...
Tour round a market place in Accra, made from COI material taken in the Gold Coast.
