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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War wounded being taken onto a hospital ship.
A continuous line of sick and wounded British soldiers being carried by stretcher-bearers on board a hospital ship at Durban; walking casualties make their way up a ...
ACTUALITY. Lord Roberts leaving to take over control of the British Army in South Africa fighting the Boer War.
Lord Roberts, preceded by Lady Roberts and accompanied by a number of diginitaries, walks up the gangway onto the deck of ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War: hauled by a long mule train a four-wheeled cart with three British soldiers seated at the rear crosses the Modder River (14) Oxen harnessed to a covered Red Cross ambulance wagon drink from the river. They then pull ...
ACTUALITY. A column of Lancers fording the Modder River, which has steep banks on either side, during the Boer War.
Note: Filmed by John Benett-Stanford, 8 December 1899.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp. 52, ...
Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks.
The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal attire at Southampton docks. They chant and pace forward, performing for the camera. A white man comes ...
