Unfinished film of the visit of King Amanullah and Queen Surayya of Afghanistan to Britain, 13th March-3rd April 1928.

The film is partially completed, and shows some signs of proper editing, but scenes may break off ...

NEWSFILM. Crowds and procession in Hyde Park for Empire Day (61ft).

The horse race.

INTEREST. A trip via rail, car and ferry from Cape Town to Cairo, showing the imperial and economic aspirations of the railway builders.

Main title (15). A map of the route (44-57). View from Table Mountain (69-79). Pan of Cape Town ...

ANIMATION. Stop-frame puppet animation. Snap the Gingerbread Man goes hunting in Africa and is chased by a lion.

"Snap the Gingerbread Man in `WILDEST AFRICA'. Produced by Kinex Studios Hollywood" (3). Snap the ...

Amateur film of a journey to India via the Suez Canal, of people and life taken in India, 1929.

The film opens with a shot of a cathedral and the Suez canal. Boys dive for coins and activity on board ship on the way out to India is ...

MS. Looking up at lioness on large rock (5). MCU. Two lionesses looking out over a rock (11). "A truly unusual lion's den! A rocky refuge from the blazing sun!" LS. Huge rocks. Lions underneath (16). Closer shot of two lionesses looking ...

Indian and European men and women on back of elephant; dead stag being tied onto an elephant; group photograph back at camp - European hunter and family pose in front of elephants and mahouts; party setting out again; dead leopard; another ...

A lion and lioness in Africa. Film supplied by MGM News (90ft).

INTEREST. Shots of wild animals in East Africa. The water buck (15-122); birds flocking to a water hole (132-155); finches (156-166); ravens (177-190); vultures and crows eating (199-262). The secretary bird (274-279); the spur fowl ( ...

Amateur film showing Sir Hugh Stephenson, local scenes in Patna and Ranchi districts of India. Scenes include; seeing the Governor, Sir Hugh Stephenson, off at the station; the Governor's staff; dead tiger; a picnic; bison; dead deer; ...

The sisal industry in British East Africa. Gathering and transporting the sisal leaves, extracting the fibre by machine, washing, drying, and baling up the finished product.

Waving sisal grass on a large plantation. ...