MANDALAY - RANGOON 1947
Scenes of post-war Burma. The funeral procession is most likely that of Bogyoke Aung San (leader of the AFPFL - Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League - prior to Burma's independence in 1948) ...
Scenes of post-war Burma. The funeral procession is most likely that of Bogyoke Aung San (leader of the AFPFL - Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League - prior to Burma's independence in 1948) ...
Two Indian servants hold ceremonial swords. Close-ups of the handles of the swords. The monogram MB appears on the servants' outfits. Shots of silver and gold goods and a decorative casket on display.
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Description of life in the principal regions of Nigeria; Katsina, the Plateau country, and the Eastern and Western provinces; shows nature of country, customs and religious rituals, crafts, and administrative and health services.
The ...
An officer (arm badge is a red eagle on a black background) stands in front of a wall map of India, talking and pointing at the map, particularly at Punjab and the Northwest Frontier. A close-up of the officer in front ...
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
A fishing trip by canoe on the River Barak (?): Indian porters on a bridge, scenes from the canoe (38). A European in shorts and topi stand by a fish held up by an ...
Palestine and its modern political problems: case of the Arabs and the Jews. This Modern Age series no.6.
Cars arrive at Government House, New Delhi. People gathered on the steps outside. Cars depart, crowds at the roadside. Mounted guards in a line outside Government House, Lord Mountbatten?, only just visible behind them, ...
The story of a young disabled boy who escapes from his tribe as he is about to be sacrificed because of a drought. He flees to a Christian mission and in due course is converted to Christianity and develops his painting talents ...
The historic past, cultural and economic present and potential future of Palestine are all portrayed as (mainly implicit) criticism of "the tension and uncertainty of the last 25 years."
Film of the Jordan valley and ...
Amateur film shot by Captain Clifford Williams (Sikh Regiment) when a junior staff officer with the Punjab Boundary Force, attached to 11th Infantry Brigade, records the eastward movement of Hindu refugees across the ...
A young Indian woman stands on a station platform, holding a package. Acharya J B Kripalani about to board a train, poses for the camera with two guards. Brief shot (from behind) of a groom? in a red turban surrounded ...
Punjab, India.
Shot of refugees crowded onto a stationary train, others try to climb aboard. Aerial views of stationary trains and refugees.
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