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    Amateur film. Manipuri sword dance; old maharajah's palace; Bone ceremony; Rathjatra procession.

     
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    Biography of the politician and how he rises from being a diamond-miner in Africa to become Prime Minister of Cape Colony.

    Rhodes of Africa was the first screen biography of Cecil Rhodes. Four previous attempts to ...

     
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    Travelogue of India; edited from material supplied by the Government of India.

     
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    Scouts and cubs inspected by senior scouts (possibly a memorial occassion) - reel 1; scouts undertaking various typical scouting activities -reels 2 & 3. Film was probably made by V. Stilou de Piro M.D. - probably a local scout master.

     
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    Travelogue of Singapore: harbour scenes, street scenes, Chinese quarter, Eurpean buildings, rubber plantation, etc.

     
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    Musical drama. A man of African origin who is working in London as a docker becomes a well-known opera singer. He is astonished to find he is actually the descendant of an African queen, and resolves to return to his native country to ...

     
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    Instructional film for African audiences on the causes and prevention of hookworm disease.

    An African man, 'a typical case of chronic hookworm', describes his symptoms to a friend. The film shows a close-up of the type of worms ...

     
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    The training of students at the Tanganyika Veterinary Department, Mpwapwa.

    The film opens with a line of African men in uniform who have been selected for a course in which they will learn 'the future of animal husbandry'. A European ...

     
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    Amateur footage of the events, including, the arrival of the SS Vita off the Kutch coast with the Maharaj of Kutch; landing at Mandvi; the residency, Bhuj; a leopard shoot at the fort of Bhujia; camp life at Mundra; crocodile shooting; and a visit to ...

     
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    The wedding of Phyllis and John Ticehurst in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 October 1936; the first wedding to be filmed in the colony.

     
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    Filmed scenes of Palestine to illustrate Biblical sayings and images.

     
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    Compilation film in five episodes of the Indian forces on the Western Front, Mesopotamian Front and Palestine Front, 1915-1918.

    I. The first reel shows men of the Indian Corps (including British soldiers) in France ...

     
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    Introduction to Samoa featuring footage of Tutuila, Pagopago and Apia, including the work of the Apia Samoan Church. Lava fields at Savai'i. Kava ceremony in Samoan London Missionary Society pastor's house on Savai'i. Also features footage of Vailima, ...