DOCUMENTARY. This is the filmic record of the journey made by M. Andre Gide whose diary was published in 1927 as VOYAGE AU CONGO and partly in 1928 as LE RETOUR DU TCHAD.
R.1 En route by sea (90-212); map showing inland journey (222-250); ...
Wadi Halfa - climbing up hill; view of Delta (?); crocodile ; different types of snakes and scorpians handled by Egyptians; ruins at Luxor and street scenes and market.
Palestine in the present day, arranged as to illustrate the New Testament of the Bible.
Scenes of the life of the people of Palestine, contrasting the ancient and the modern.
Amateur footage of mountain battery on mule back - officers and snipers on mountain top - assembling field gun.
Amateur footage by Randolph Bezzant Holmes of Waziristan scouts (soldiers) - sitting at camp; camel caravan in mountainous terrain. Scouts rushing down rocky hillside, smoke from firing, troops taking avoiding action.
Leopold Amery, the Colonial Secretary, and Empire premiers gathered for the Imperial Conference at 10 Downing Street (88ft).
Compilation of amateur footage of family holidays in: Malaga and Alicante (June 1929); Barcelona, Palma and Soller (June 1929); Constantine (June 1929); Tangier, Vigo and home (June 1929); Madeira (1930); Santa Cruz and Las Palmas; Madeira (1932) and ...
Prince of Wales attends the closing ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley (75ft).
The industrial development of West Africa (probably Gold Coast and Nigeria) under British rule.
West Africa before it was developed; forests (28-43); swamps (45-52); deserts (55-60). Men crossing a river by a tree branch (66-78). Two ...
ANIMATION. Stop-frame puppet animation. Snap the Gingerbread Man goes hunting in Africa and is chased by a lion.
"Snap the Gingerbread Man in `WILDEST AFRICA'. Produced by Kinex Studios Hollywood" (3). Snap the ...
Compilation film of events in Palestine, autumn 1917 to spring 1918.
2nd Battalion, the Black Watch, led by its pipe band along a desert road. "The Australian Camel Corps" (actually pack camels ...
