RIVER NILE 1925
TRAVELOGUE. The Blue Nile; monuments of Wadi Halfa.
The Blue Nile (9-14); the ancient monuments south of Wadi Halfa (22-29); further shots of the tombs and temples (34-62); natives and donkeys and children seated on the ground ...
TRAVELOGUE. The Blue Nile; monuments of Wadi Halfa.
The Blue Nile (9-14); the ancient monuments south of Wadi Halfa (22-29); further shots of the tombs and temples (34-62); natives and donkeys and children seated on the ground ...
King George V and Queen Mary visit the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley and see the miniature railway (108ft).
Note: See also 111ft offcuts under title (QUEEN MARY AT EXHIBITION).
Production footage for a film about a journey down the River Niger, Africa.
No titles. LS man scaling down a palm tree (30). Africans working in a vegetable plot (33). Closer view of man in plam tree (44). HAS of compound yard; ...
A series of shots of the Niger Company's, J. Walkden's and W.B. McIver's buildings in Nigeria, usually consisting of a shot of the building exterior, clearly marked, with Africans entering and leaving the buildings.
"The Niger ...
Scenes from the visit of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward, Duke of Windsor) to Africa in 1925. The film charts the Prince's journey from Kumasi to Accra, before showing ...
Prince Henry in Hyde Park for Empire Day celebrations (52ft).
Scenes from Basutoland.
The intertitles outline a history of Basutoland, interspersed with shots of a Bushman and a tribal leader, before showing a local village, and its 'native huts'. Aspects of local life are depicted ...
Salvation army workers among the Bhil tribesmen, caring for Burmese and Ceylonese children, and the work of the Catherine Booth Memorial Hospital. Native life and scenes in India, Burma and Ceylon.
Rl. 1. Travelling along a country ...
DOCUMENTARY. Extract showing scenes of an African native funeral, in which women dance around the seated corpse (43-162); a montage of the dancing women (191 ft).
Dramatisation of the life of the African missionary David Livingstone.
Opening with shots from Livingstone's childhood ('youth's most precious heritage - the influence of home'), the film next shows Livingstone studying medicine at ...
A drama of tribal life in Central Africa.
'Nionga, a chieftain's daughter, is induced by a vindictive witch-doctor to persuade her betrothed lover, Kasari, to plot the destruction of a neighbouring tribe. During the wedding ...