30 reels of various footage taken in Nigeria. Large proportion of footage shows public works.
30 reels of various footage taken in Nigeria. Large proportion of footage shows public works.
Uganda. Young girl (collection donor). Family scenes. Hydroelectric dam (Murchison falls?) Military band. Fire engine, Santa Claus. Motor racing. Beach scenes. Boating. Military march.
Karamoja (Lake Rudolph). African village. Murchison falls. Wildlife.
South Africa: various scenes. Kenya. Safari. Nigeria: Market in Lagos (Lewis Street)?
ACTUALITY. A train arrives in a station.
A train arrives at Flemington station, Melbourne, coming from the distance left to right, viewed from a position level with the top of the train. The train halts with the last four coaches still in ...
ACTUALITY. The Melbourne Cup horse race.
The race course seen from the middle distance behind a group of spectators at the rails. The horses are seen racing from left to right, camera pans to follow them crossing the winning post (camera ...
ACTUALITY. Ranjitsinhji, practising at the nets prior to the First Test between England and Australia at Sydney, 13-17 December 1897. The camera is positioned in the silly mid-off area, behind the side netting.
Watched by a bowler-hatted man ...
No titles. Shots from the same camera viewpoint showing horse-drawn traffic and pedestrians and an electric tram arriving at an alighting point and stopping in Cape Town (70ft).
View from stern of moving ship shows a faster-moving vessel, with masts and a funnel, approaching then overtaking on the starboard side. As it does so the stern of a similar though larger vessel, at anchor, comes into view. (67ft)
ACTUALITY. Lord Kitchener's reception at the Guildhall on the occasion of his presentation of the Freedom of the City of London.
Guests arriving at the canopied entrance to the Guildhall, including a man in a top hat and frock coat ...
INTEREST. Footage shot by A.C. Haddon during the 1898 Cambridge expedition to the Torres Strait, showing a series of native dances.
No credits. (MALU-BOMAI CEREMONY AT KIAM) Three men, each wearing a skirt made of leaves, perform a ...
ACTUALITY. Long shot of President Kruger.
A long shot of Kruger leaving his residence to be driven off to the Volksraad. When the President has taken his place in the carriage, a footman closes the door, jumps up behind and the ...