TRAVELOGUE. 1920s footage of African wildlife with added commentary and Ravel's Bolero.
Wildlife - zebras, ostriches; ostrich shot by man in solar topee. Visit to grave of Cecil Rhodes. Victoria Falls. African ...
In this comedy, introduced by 'The Professor', Hugh Cameron appears as an African explorer and filmmaker, who lectures to an audience and shows film that he shot in Africa.
Presented as a lecture, The Professor introduces ...
Wildlife safari to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Portugese East Africa (Mozambique).
Scenes from the lives of people in an African native tribe. A woman gathers up an animal hide and walks through a village accompanied by a child; a man herds cattle nearby. A small bird pecks at the ground amidst the cattle. A ...
INTEREST. Shots of the sea from the side of "S.S. Narkunda" (31). The bridge of the ship (65). The engine room (120). The bridge (142). Life boat drill (198). Shots of the sea from the side of the ship (212).
Main title. "Squadron of British planes starts from Cape Town on 4,600 mile return trip over the jungles to Cairo" (17). LS airfield at Cape Town (27); PAN three biplanes taking off (53); MS as they fly over the camera on their way ...
INTEREST. Lumbering in New Zealand and Burma.
Titles (27). New Zealand lumberjacks felling large tree by axe, sawing trunk into sections, which are hauled away by tractor (52). A large horse team hauls a wagon loaded with a tree ...
Newsreel item on aircraft of 14 Squadron flying over Mount Kenya, probably 1931.
The squadron pilots start up their Fairey IIIF aircraft and take off. Three of them, and the camera plane (see note below), overfly the ...
Amateur film shot by Medical Officer of the Boundary Commission. Shows British Colonial Officials travelling to Somaliland via Marseilles, Malta and the Suez Canal and arrival in Berbera. Shows camel racing with the Camel Corps and the ...
Amateur film. Reindeer; penquins with chicks; King penguins; sea elephants; Prins Olaf Haven; flensing platform; harbour scenes; making a football ground.
Amateur film. Leith Harbour; Garonda Peak; whale catcher; working at Dam; factory; oil storage tanks; view over island; reservoir.
AMATEUR. Scenes at the Presbyterian Church of East Africa missionary centre in Chogoria, Kenya.
No main title. "The old women find new things hard to understand - Miss Malcolm's meeting for grannies." (0.11). A number of old women ...
Shows the achievements, aspirations. racial attitudes of colonial railway builders. Traces the journey from the Cape to Cairo by train, boat, Morris and native bearer.
Amateur footage of activities in (?) Duars area; tiger shoot.
General views of Bahrain seafront and the Arial desert. Imperial Airways airliner landing. Gypsy Moth biplane at airstrip. Pilot and taking off.
Subjects include British Political Agency staff on the waterfront at Manama; take- ...
The work of the Child Emigration Society in helping children from slum areas in Britain move to Australia and learn a new life. Includes slum scenes, the departure and arrival of a group of children, conditions at the Fairbridge Farm in ...
Forest Research Institute at Dehra Dun - the log pond, saw mills and timber testing workshop. The Silvicultural (forestry) Museum and Botanical Herbarium. Seasoning kiln for controlling and hastening the drying of timber. Experiments of fire damage to ...
Cultivation in Gorakhpur Forest, rearing forest trees along with agricultural crops. Clearing roots. Different stages of crop development. Demonstration forest - measuring bamboos, removing frost covers from nursery seedbeds, measuring trunks in a ' ...
Amateur footage of the record of a journey from Russia to Britain.
Loading wheat at Odessa. Sunset over the Black Sea. Constantinople, loading of maize. Varna, unloading at the quay. The entrance to the Bosphorus. Quarantine station. ...
Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in England for the India Round Table Conference at St James' Palace (second session).
"The Mahatma arrives to attend India Round Table Conference" (1 frame). Gandhi seated on floor, in loin cloth, works ...
AMATEUR FILM. Recording plane journey from Calcutta to the Persian Gulf.
The arrival of a Dutch Air Mail plane in Calcutta (21). Plane refueling (47). Aerial views and Indians gathered around plane (61). Arrival of plane at Jodhpor, people ...
AMATEUR FILM. Recording plane journey across the Middle East region.
Aerial views of unidentified towns and countryside along the River Tigris, the town of Kut (91). The River Tigris and Baghdad, street scenes in Baghdad and a hall ...
1: Delhi Horse Show , 1929.
2: New Zealand bush shots.
3: Simla: monkeys and beagling, 1931(?).
4: Simla: dead panther and moving house, 1931.
5: Simla: Scenes in the snow, 1931.
Production / Donor ...
Picnic - families, children and dogs. Sikh Gurdwara ('God's place') inspector. Children in water. Sheila climbs a tree. Children's party at New Forest. Children playing with a pup, a toy and a tricycle. Dehra Dun bazaar scenes - firewood sales, mules, ...
Family games with hammock in Changa Manga. Shahjahanpur camp November 1931 - Children listening to gramophone; children on elephant. Weir at Jhansi. Indian nanny, Ayah, with the children. Lachiwala - goats, cattle, buffalos in pond. Picnic. Grass- ...
Hardwar, a holy town of pilgrimage where the Ganges cuts through the Siwalk hills - views of the Ganges canal, water front and temples. Pilgrim's camps for the Kumbh Mela, bridge especially by the Roorkee Sappers for the Kumbh Mela traffic. Crowds at ...
Mussooree Road through hills, with views of the bends in the road from a car. Children in lorry. At Mussooree, bazaar scenes and children in rickshaw. Sikh procession. King's birthday parade at Simla 1931 - 11th mountain battery parades, arrival of ...
ACTUALITY. The fleet at Gibraltar. Harbour shots and battleships. The Governor of Gibraltar, General Sir Alexander Godley dressed for hunting. The Calpe Hunt meet in Spain. Soldiers and sailors feeding the apes. Locals on steep steps in ...
Crowds at festival in Dehra Dun. Raising of the 'sacred pole', a full-grown sal tree swathed in red velvet. The Mahant Sahib, a local dignitary. On the pilgrim's route to the source of the Ganges in Tehri Garwhal - snowy peaks, women cutting corn, rope ...
Amateur film of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.
"KINGSTON, JAMAICA: A WONDERFUL WELCOME : EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD WHO COULD GET THERE TURNED OUT TO GREET THE PRINCE OF WALES DURING SHORT VISIT TO JAMAICA EN ROUTE TO SOUTH AMERICA" Shots of the Prince Edward's car ...
Shots with captions of: the Khyber Pass; Fort Jamrud; Shaghai Fort; Ali Masjid Gaugle; Supply depot at Landikotal & Fort; Gorge & mountain roads; railway and scenery; Afghan Boarder Post; operations against the Afridis; the Army ...
Sailing boats moored in harbour. Dhows at sea off Bombay. European sea fishing trip.
4 Masted clipper ship at anchor. Empress of Britain passenger liner at anchor. Bombay Yacht Club House. The Club's members racing off the ...
Car Journey from Rawpindi to Bombay. Views of Indore, Tapeti ferry crossing, Nasik, Beach Candy, Lido resort, swimming lessons for the baby. Young boy soldiers marching along wintery English lane. Large family reunion in England ...
Indian festival of Banpati at Chowpatty, Bombay. Street processions with images of gods carried aloft. Riverside crowds entering waters. Committal of the images to the sea. Crowds celebrating in the sea with the images. 'The Coconut ...
England & India with the Army: Tunbridge Wells, Gibralter, Ooty, Bangalore
Production / Donor Details: Films shot Major Harry Lewis-Barned, who served in the army in India in the 1930s, and by Mr John Lewis-Barned, who ...
Bidar and Hyderabad, 1931. Colour. Men and cattle at riverside. Vultures. Village life. Landscape scenes. Oxen crossing river. Musicians. Street scenes. Army officials taking tea outside a tent. Men in street bow to passing ...
Leaving India and voyage home. Andhra Pradesh countryside (?). Departing India by ship. Suez. Dhows.
Production / Donor Details: The film-maker, Michael Lloyd-Jones served in the ICS in India from 1938 - 1947.
Amateur film of irrigation project.
The building of the Nilgiris and Mettur Dam.
Home movie shot in Waziristan, on the NW Frontier of India, ca 1931.
The film follows a typical patrol by a set of scouts' platoons, carried out with the purpose of reconnoitring a road ...
Home movie shot in Waziristan, on the NW Frontier of India, ca 1931.
This film shows something of the social life associated with working on the NW Frontier. Brigadier Alston lived in a ...
"PALESTINE: ON THE SEA THAT OUR SAVIOUR KNEW!" "Simple peasants throng shores of Sea of Galilee. Where many stories of the Gospels were enacted. To see a flying boat (Imperial Airways) land on historic waters for ...
Amateur footage of scenes in Malaya.
Scenes in Penang, the view of the Old Fort near the harbour, a Malay village, the Springtide Hotel with friends of the Scotts outside. Gardens in Penang and Taiping. The Enggor pontoon bridge on the River ...
The film shows Indian towns and villages, and highlights the production of silk, wheat, rice, sugar and jute.
The film opens with a map of India, which a title introduces as the 'land of Mosques and Temples' and as the 'land of ...
