Shot in Gilgit on the River Indus, in the mountainous area of what is now northern Pakistan. Durbar. Public Levee of the Governor. Ceremony. Horse riding. Polo match. Horse riding display. River boat trip by skin craft. Boy Scouts ...
Made in New Guinea by a Scottish company, the film combines elements of the jungle adventure with the travelogue.
Unveiling memorial to the 40th Pathans. Parade round the memorial at Mardan on the Grand Trunk Road at Attock. The 40th Pathans fought in the Middle East in World War One.
The enrolment of the Crown Prince into the Royal Army of Spain. Attending the ceremony are Alfonso Xlll, Victoria, his wife, the Crown Prince, Alfonso and Eugenie, Empress of France. A second item shows a religious procession in Malta.
Cinemagazine: includes items on Cuba, ice manufacture in N. America, fiddler crabs in the Mississipi River, the sugar cane industry of Hawaii, Paris views, a musical chimpanzee and a drill display by cadets at a U.S. military academy ( ...
Amateur film showing a hill station above Madras and a tiger hunt. Various shots of the Togas tribe. Scenes of Port Said and Aden.
The horse race.
Europeans walk through the ruins of Martand near Srinagar - a Hindu temple built 700 AD. Tour of the ruins with details of the carvings.
Amateur film made by Viscount Hinchingbrooke on a world cruise 1924/5 from San Francisco to the Far East and India.
In August 1924 Victor Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, aged 17, and his grandmother, the Countess ...
Amateur footage by Randolph Bezzant Holmes of the visit of president Poincare to Jamrud Fort on the Kyhber. Six officers flanking three civilians and the group going off in car. Views inside the fort. Motor and animal traffic on the approach road.
The visit of Lord Irwin, (EFL Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax) and Lady Dorothy Irwin (later Viscountess Halifax) to Jodphur. Sahab Rahabur at Jodphur. The Maharajah of Jodphur and English officials at the train station for reception. The Sarba Risla. ...
Unfinished film of the visit of King Amanullah and Queen Surayya of Afghanistan to Britain, 13th March-3rd April 1928.
The film is partially completed, and shows some signs of proper editing, but scenes may break off ...
