ACTUALITY. Dance performed by men and women of the Koita tribe, Papua. In the background a boy tries to shin up a greasy pole (46ft) Note: Almost certainly filmed at the "durbar" of the Central Division tribes organised by Capt. Francis Rickman Barton ...
INTEREST. Titles (1). LS of native women dancers in two lines of four each. They dance back and forth from each other trailing sticks on the ground. In the background a boy attempts to shin up a pole (21ft).
Note: almost certainly filmed at the " ...
ACTUALITY. Men and women of the Koita tribe, Papua, perform a drumming dance. The dancers are possibly from the villages of Pari, Akorogo and Kila Kila (54ft) Note: Almost certainly filmed at the "durbar" of the Central Division tribes organised by ...
ACTUALITY. Lakwaharu men and women from Tupuselei village, Papua, perform a dance (67ft).
Note: Almost certainly filmed at the "durbar" of the Central Division tribes organised by Capt. Francis Rickman Barton at Port Moresby in 1904.
ACTUALITY. Pottery making, weapon making, cattle driving and the formal greeting of the Barotse people.
Titles (10). MS African women sitting in a line making pots (28). Closer shot of the same (36). MS Princess Mironi watches two men ...
No main title. A long procession of elephants slowly passes along a road lined with soldiers. Probably part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India in December 1905.
No main title. Men in military uniform disembarking from a small launch. A second launch from which the Prince and Princess of Wales (later George V and Queen Mary) disembark, they are greeted by five men (one of whom is Indian) and are followed by ...
ACTUALITY. Scenes of children at Ahmednagar.
No title. A group of similarly dressed Indian boys sit cross-legged on the ground by brick built buildings. The boys clap and are arranged in letters of the alphabet. The first group of boys sit in an ...
Early footage from Ceylon.
Title card: 'Views and People in Ceylon'. Shots taken from the front of a train as it moves along a railway track. Train passes through tunnels in the mountains and past open fields. Medium shot of barber trimming ...
A political pantomime demonstrating the disadvantages of Free Trade as opposed to Protectionism.
John Bull is seen trying to trade with America, Germany, Russia and France; he knocks at their closed doors, but before gaining admittance has to pay ...
A fictional drama from the Zulu Wars.
A British sentry guards a British camp. A Zulu crouches on all fours and approaches the sentry, who spots him and shoots. The Zulu dramatically falls to the floor. The sentry kicks him to see if ...
