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Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks.
The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. British naval ratings firing a 4.7" naval gun, during the Boer War, probably 14 December 1899.
Close shot ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. 'Phantom ride' taken from a moving train (moving right to left) showing the British encampment at Frere, ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.
MCU British soldiers lined up along trenches aiming their ...
ACTUALITY. A reconstruction "as performed in the Empress Theatre, 'Greater Britain Exhibition', Earls Court" by Mr Frank E. Fillis's troupe ...
ACTUALITY. Troop train passing over the Modder River during the Boer War.
A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Spectators on the quayside wave as the crowded ship moves away.
Note: The Roslin Castle left Southampton on ...
No titles. Shots from the same camera viewpoint showing horse-drawn traffic and pedestrians and an electric tram arriving at an ...
ACTUALITY. Military exercise in Durban, South Africa.
Small groups of naval ratings bring their guns into position, fire, unlimber them and ...
African labourers excavating a clearing, with railway tracks in the background. The Africans may be Zulus (94ft).
An ox wagon passes before the camera at some distance; another passes at closer range; a caravan of ox wagons, ...
ACTUALITY. Long shot of President Kruger.
A long shot of Kruger leaving his residence to be driven off to the Volksraad. ...
ACTUALITY. Seaforth Highlanders in Cairo.
A column of Seaforth Highlanders, wearing topees and with fixed bayonets, march towards and past the ...
View from stern of moving ship shows a faster-moving vessel, with masts and a funnel, approaching then overtaking on the ...
ACTUALITY. Long distance shot of "The Bluff" nearing Durban; it sails towards the camera, turns, and passes in medium close ...
The technique of abortion using the Karman Kurette. The film stresses the ease of the technique and also the lack ...
30 reels of various footage taken in Nigeria. Large proportion of footage shows public works.
Uganda. Young girl (collection donor). Family scenes. Hydroelectric dam (Murchison falls?) Military band. Fire engine, Santa Claus. Motor racing. Beach ...
Karamoja (Lake Rudolph). African village. Murchison falls. Wildlife.
Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society at St. Anthony's Hospital, Kawimbe, including maternity, child welfare, ante- and post-natal ...
Coastal Scenes, location unknown.
South Africa: various scenes. Kenya. Safari. Nigeria: Market in Lagos (Lewis Street)?
Shows the progress being made in the advande of the scheme bringing electricity to Uganda. Describes the erection of overhead ...