Amateur film of the 7th Gurkha Rifles mounting guard outside the Viceregal Lodge in Simla on 7 October 1938. The Viceroy inspects the detachment of Gurkhas, who play pipes then march past.
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Summary based on viewing and writing by A V ...
Amateur film showing some aspects of life in pre-Second World War Burma. Inter-titles introduce most scenes.
Rangoon. The Shwe Dagon Pagoda. People around the Pagoda. A notice ...
Sir Shenton Thomas formally opens the King George VI Dock in Singapore.
Amateur film shot by Flight Lieutenant McKenna (later Squadron Leader), while serving as liaison officer to German expedition investigating effects of high altitude for aviation research. The films record scenes during the ...
Amateur film by A F (Mac) McKenna of a visit with friends ? to the Khyber Pass and Srinagar, Kashmir.
Shot of the frontier at the Khyber Pass. A car parked at the barrier, two British women (one wearing trilby is ...
Amateur film of a family visit to the Northwest Frontier, India.
A woman walks in front of a palace/temple. Smoke coming out of a tower in the palace/temple. Two stone elephants flank the entrance. Views of the ...
Amateur film of British bombing raids in the Northwest Frontier, near Afghanistan.
A view of a Hawker Hart (India) (K-2120) in flight, filmed from an adjacent aircraft. The aircraft drops a bomb. Brief shot of the ...
Amateur film of a visit to a temple in or near the Northwest Frontier, India.
Shots of a dog-like animal. A car parked near a large white temple. Local children pose for the camera. People visiting the temple. ...
Native village. Troops crossing river. On bridge of steamer. Wide shot river, cu Paddles, helmsman, cu bank, Pagoda, ls boat, cu flag. Oiling engine. Shots of ferry. Pistons/boiler/firebox. Ls ...
Reel 1: (Can marked: Japan 1934) Views of mountainous landscape, shrines, Japanese lady in kimono and Japanese men in western dress, temples (Kyoto?) and lake scenes.
Reel 2: (Can marked: China) Street scenes in Chinese city, showing market, ...
Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station, featuring scenes in and around Hong Kong, early 1938.
The film begins with street scenes in Hong Kong and a sequence of children playing at a ...
Home movie of HMS Decoy and Delight on the China Station, visiting Shanghai and Swatow, in the summer of 1938.
In the summer of 1938 Captain Garnett (then Lieutenant) was temporarily ...
