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    `BLUFF', DURBAN 1898

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Long distance shot of "The Bluff" nearing Durban; it sails towards the camera, turns, and passes in medium close shot. (75 ft).

     
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    BLUEJACKETS' FIELD GUN DRILL AT DURBAN 1898

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Military exercise in Durban, South Africa.

    Small groups of naval ratings bring their guns into position, fire, unlimber them and move them away to enable the next contingent to take their places (123ft).

    Refs: ...

     
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    GANG MAKING RAILWAY - SOUTH AFRICA 1898

    Great Britain

    African labourers excavating a clearing, with railway tracks in the background. The Africans may be Zulus (94ft).

     
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    OX WAGON 1898

    Great Britain

    An ox wagon passes before the camera at some distance; another passes at closer range; a caravan of ox wagons, stationary, with pedestrians and rickshaws in the distance (66ft).

     
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    SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS' RETURN TO CAIRO AFTER THE FALL OF OMDU RMAN AND KHARTOUM 1898

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Seaforth Highlanders in Cairo.

    A column of Seaforth Highlanders, wearing topees and with fixed bayonets, march towards and past the camera watched by the native populace and a few Europeans. A triumphal arch appears in the ...

     
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    SAVAGE SOUTH AFRICA - SAVAGE ATTACK AND REPULSE 1899

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. A reconstruction "as performed in the Empress Theatre, 'Greater Britain Exhibition', Earls Court" by Mr Frank E. Fillis's troupe showing a mixed group of infantry and cavalry standing in array. Suddenly a scattered group of ...

     
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    REPAIRING THE BROKEN BRIDGE AT FRERE 1899

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Single shot. British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, South Africa, during the Boer War.

    One end of a mangled metal bridge with black workers, white ...

     
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    GORDON HIGHLANDERS LEAVE FOR THE BOER WAR 1899

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Single shot. A procession of troops, led by pipers, marches in front of the camera. Taken at Union Terrace, Aberdeen, with the William Wallace statue in the background (62ft).

    Refs: National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part ...

     
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    AUSTRALIAN MOUNTED RIFLES MARCHING THROUGH CAPE TOWN 1899

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. A column of Australian cavalry riding down Adderley Street, Cape Town, watched by enthusiastic crowds (90ft).

    Note: Filmed by Edgar Hyman, 22 December 1899.

    Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 293. ...

     
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    PANORAMA OF CALCUTTA, INDIA, FROM THE RIVER GANGES. 1899 has video enhanced entry

    Great Britain

    The Calcutta waterfront viewed from a vessel moving up the Ganges, showing pilgrims descending into the water, dhows and rafts.

    The Warwick Film Catalogue from 1901 contains a listing for Panorama of Calcutta, India, from the ...

     
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    `ROSLIN CASTLE' (TROOPSHIP) LEAVING FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1899

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Single shot. Spectators on the quayside wave as the crowded ship moves away.

    Note: The Roslin Castle left Southampton on Friday 20 October 1899, bearing Major-General Hildyard and 2nd Brigade Staff, special service ...

     
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    DISPERSING THE TROOPS AT WINDSOR AFTER PARADE 1899

    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Dispersal of Life Guards following review by Queen Victoria.

    The dispersal of each Company following the Review of the First and Second Life Guards by Queen Victoria at Spital Barracks, Windsor. The Companies, drawn up in ...