Children's Christmas party in garden with parents. Celebrations to mark the accession of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa, the Shaikh of ...
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Muharram celebrations. Street processions. Dancing. Carrying shrines. Visit of Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India. Arrival at airfield of Vice regal party. Shailk of Bahrain takes his visitors on village tour.
Wedding celebrations: Ceremonial gallop by large group of horsemen arriving for wedding. Large group of seated women singing and swaying with 2 standing dancers.
Subjects include Muharram processions, 25 April 1934; visit of Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India, 17 May 1934; wedding celebrations of Shaikh Duaij bin Hamad al Khalifah, son of Shaikh of Bahrain, April 1934. Known individuals include Lord Willingdon and his wife, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to Shaikh Hamad.
Production / Donor Details: These cine films were shot by Gordon Loch & Eleanor Loch-Dalyell, parents of British politician Tam Dalyell, during their service in the Empire. Lt.-Col. Loch (who took the name and arms of Dalyell of the Binns in 1938) served as an Intelligence and Political Officer in the Middle East and India from 1908 onwards. During the period of these films he was Political Agent in Gilgit (Kashmir) from 1924-27; in Mysore, Kathiawar and Rewa States from 1928-31; and in the Persian Gulf from 1932-37. He retired in 1938.
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