The sports parade of the 2nd and 10th Gurkha Rifles regiment and scenes of animal sacrifice at Shillong, Assam.
The sports parade of the 2nd and 10th Gurkha Rifles regiment and scenes of animal sacrifice at Shillong, Assam.
Amateur film with titles shot by Bandsman Mr T A Link of 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment records Bandsman L Brazier posing with Shooting Shield for 1932, soldiers relaxing by swimming pool and playing hockey, "Cush" Howard playing with puppy at Kuldana, ...
Amateur film by an American millionaire of a Caribbean cruise with his wife and friends in 1932.
"Aboard the Britannic the First Day Out" Peggy Thaw eating breakfast on deck. "Miss Cushman." ...
Amateur film by an American millionaire of a Caribbean cruise with his wife and friends in 1932.
"Approaching the Culebra Cut where the Canal pierces the Continental Divide." The result of an ...
EXPEDITIONS. Record of the journey made by film director Walter Summers and his crew in three motor coaches of the Trans-Saharienne Company across the Algerian Sahara en route for Timbuctoo in French Sudan for the making of his feature ...
HOME MOVIE. Amateur footage of various localities in Africa, including Victoria Falls and possibly South Africa.
Victoria Falls. Men in pith helmets lighting cigarettes. Railway bridge over gorge. Train. Children in pith helmets. ...
CARTOON. Trigger-happy big game hunter, Flip The Frog, is captured by cannibals. They attempt to cook him in a cauldron. Flip escapes after playing a flute melody which leads the flames away from the cauldron and after the men of the village but he ...
Capture of various animals in the Malay jungle. Suggested by the book by Frank Buck and Edward Anthony.
Ceremonies to celebrate the marriage of Sri Kishor Kanwar Baiji Lal Sahiba. Arrival of dignitaries in limousines along crowded streets. Elephants and soldiers marching. Jodphur railway station. Arrival and greeting of Indian and English dignitaries. ...
From the port of London to Africa, India, Malaya, British New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and back again to London. A tour of the British Empire intended for African audiences.
ACTUALITY. Chital deer grazing and drinking in the foothills of the Himalayas.
A large herd of deer grazing in the open (10). Several deer in a forest clearing (16). Deer grazing in the open (73). CU a deer (80). A stag, which looks at the ...
The development of new lands with the opening up of communications.
DOCUMENTARY. Commander T. Strange-Kolle's expedition to New Guinea.
DOCUMENTARY. The reconstruction of two sea engagements of the First World War - the Battles of the Coronel of 1st November, 1914, and the Battles of the Falkland Islands of 8th December, 1914.
RL.1 In the South Pacific, Sir Charles ...
INTEREST. Some of the animals in Johannesburg Zoo.
Titles (69). General views of the zoo (95). Pelican (106). People looking at lions (127); monkeys (156); baboon (181); parrot (198); bear eating honeycomb (252); lions (297); ...
PROPAGANDA. The film describes achievements in science, engineering and industry in Britain and her Empire.
RL.1 A reconstruction scene shows a man in nineteenth century costume telling a crowd that after they [the English] ...
Touring with students in the Dun Forest. Lachiwala bungalow. Variety of transport - motor, camels, bullock-cart. River scenes near Lachiwala, dogs and family in the water. Roorkee December 1932 - forest students build a trestle bridge over a sixty foot ...
"Changa Manga criminal tribes make felling a family affair". Narrow gauge rail/tramway with steam engine pulling trucks with logs. Chichawatni plantation; trenching virgin soil for irrigated plantation. Dalip Singh's car. Half-wrought plough shares ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Phillips Dixon while serving as hydrographer on HMS Dahlia shows work of locally recruited Sudanese naval auxiliaries, sports at Port Sudan, gunnery practice by HMS Lupin and searching stopped dhow ...
Montage of life in Simla. Colonial English life in a hill station resort which was the summer residence of The Viceroy.
Production / Donor Details: The collection of films was shot by Major General William Clavering Hartgill ...
The voyage of troopship SS Navasa through Suez Canal to India. Busy harbours with commercial shipping. Suez Canal. Life on Board. Deck games etc.
Production / Donor Details: The collection of films was shot by Major General ...
Colombo harbour. Dedication of War Memorial Arch/Monument in Delhi.
Air show display at Delhi. Ascot Racemeeting. Small children enjoy life on Doresetshire farm. Troops road marching at Sandhurst. Carthorse on Dorset farm. ...
Children fancy dress preparation. Tennis party at Simla. Muttra Junction and Indian railway journey. Bombay city scape. Red Sea voyage. Gulf of Suez and the Suez canal.
Production / Donor Details: The collection of films was ...
Tour with forest college students in Seraj hills. Punjab Himalayas. Palampur bazaar. Larji Banjar bridle path. Family on tour - Beth on Blanco; cantilever bridge. Manglaur bridge; suspension bridge. Milestone. Family reach Banjar. Children in Jibi ...
Bazaar scenes in Simla. New Forest Garden, Dehra Dun; carnations and rose trellis; front drive; Duncan and snap-dragons. S. G. in sweet-pea rows; birdbath. Narendranagar. View of Ganges. Mussooree hills from Dehra Dun. Jacaranda blossom at Dehra Club ...
No titles. A reporter sits with Shri Meher Baba on a sofa in a park or other open space. The sofa is covered with a `throw' with geometrical designs of Indian origin. Meher Baba wears a full-length white robe. They face camera and ...
A ceremonial procession of elephants and carriages in a crowded street.
Forest College Sports, April 1932 - running, hurdles, high-jump, obstacle course, pole fighting, seven-a-side sack fighting (?), children's race. Commander-in-Chief visits Indian Military academy - parade, inspection, medal presentation, group ...
Amateur film showing construction of a part of the North Western Railway in India; Europeans duck shooting; socializing in India.
Medical missionary Ronald Carpenter's journey on the 1st steamer from Southampton to Bombay.
Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter. Includes footage of Bible Churchman's Missionary Society's (B.C.M.S.) hospital in Kachwa where he worked: shots of hospital exterior; steam roller; cataracts surgery; potters wheel; ...
The ascent of Mount Kamet in the Himalayas by the British Himalayan Expedition in June 1931.
Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter in Kashmir. Includes footage of Mr and Mrs Carpenter holidaying in Kashmir; snow polo; sheep shearing; cutting cane; washing clothes; children at open-air school; brick making; ...
Promotional film for Henry Morgan & Co. Ltd. department store Montreal, Canada. Looks at carpet making in the village of Khamari in Khalapur, India. Includes footage of dying, weaving, ceremonial dancing, winding and setting warp threads, ...
Scenes in Kumaun and Kashmir.
Col Peyton's car journey from Bombay. Crossing Tapati river by rickety wooden ferry. Tours of Agra, Idmad Ad Davlehs Tomb. Fatehpur. Sikri. Akbar's deserted city. Boys diving and swimming in pool at ruined building. Tour of Akbar's ...
Peytons' family holiday in Kashmir. Alpine landscape. Highland villages. European picnic in alpine forest. Europeans riding/walking by rural villa. Jhelupl & Sirinagar. Riverside dwellings & towns. Local trade & traffic on river and ...
May's Wedding (Military/Society Wedding). Guests arrive for Anglican church wedding. Interior of Chuch with wedding congregation. Departure of Bride and groom. Large reception. Staging of formal photographs Departure of couple in car ...
Tank Trials within military camp. Tanks tested first in camp grounds then in open country. Crossing river & climbing river banks. Tanks sometimes fail. All actions watched over by English officers. Trail of large military car and lorry ...
India, Kandahar and North West Frontier 1932. Most of this footage replicates 1997/153/034
Production / Donor Details: These films were shot by Colonel John Hamilton Bernard Peyton (Indian Army).
Sikh procession to commemorate the Death of Guru Arjan dev si Maharaj,
Rawalpindi City, 8th June 1932. Colourful street activities. Sword fighting. Water sellers. Street market. Bear wrestling.
Production / ...
Society English wedding in India. Bride's family, in garden receive newspaper with notice of wedding & celebrate. Large number of European wedding guests arrive outside Bombay Anglican church. Inside church - the wedding ceremony. ...
ACTUALITY. Wildlife at the foot of the Himalayas in northern India.
Forest, mountain range in background (9). A black bear walking through the forest, and on open ground (32). Chital deer grazing; other deer grazing, drinking (119). A wild pig ...
Colour footage of India, 1932.
Production / Donor Details: The film-maker, Michael Lloyd-Jones served in the ICS in India from 1938 - 1947.
HOME MOVIE. Amateur footage of a holiday on a cruise liner, and in Madeira and Africa, including shots of Victoria Falls.
Cruise liner as seen from sea. Coastline of Funchal, Madeira. Street scenes and the bay. Men diving from the ...
Street carnival with elaborate floats of religious items.
The ceremonial marriage procession.
No title. The ceremonial procession passes along a flag-bedecked street with people lining the street and watching from windows and balconies. The camera angle is slightly elevated looking down on the ...
AN INSTRUCTIONAL FILM ABOUT CYPRUS.