INTEREST Travelogue.
A Baluchistani on a hill top surveying the country (51-56); shots of the country (75-87); the Bolan Pass (95-130); the entrance to the Pass guarded by a man with a donkey (136-160); a band of natives ...
Scenes from Basutoland.
The intertitles outline a history of Basutoland, interspersed with shots of a Bushman and a tribal leader, before showing a local village, and its 'native huts'. Aspects of local life are depicted ...
DRAMA. Historical/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 The British Navy ...
Three brothers shoulder the blame for a theft, and join the Foreign Legion.
The installation of Sekgoma Khama as chief, 28th May 1923. Shows the main ceremony with British officials and the attendant crowd. "His Majesty in Court Dress - top hat and frock coat" with a shot of the Chief flanked by ...
INTEREST. The way of life of the Bedouins of Moab, Jordan.
Main title (2). A family group of Bedouins sitting outside a small tent. They play string instruments, beat drums and the children and other adults clap along (26-58). A camel with ...
INTEREST. The market at Blantyre and street and market scenes in Zomba.
Credits for series (11). Map of Africa highlighting the area (26). CU area around Beira (36). Credits for this film (45). "His Excelling Sir George Smith K.C., ...
INTEREST. A trip along the Zambesi in a steamer.
Titles for the series. (10) Map of Africa. (26) CU area around Beira. (37) Main titles. (44) "One of the most magnificent rivers in Africa" (48) Titles. (80) Iris opens out on a silhouette ...
INTEREST. Railways in Nyassaland.
Titles for series. (9) Iris opens on a map of Africa highlighting the area. (31) CU area around Beira. (58) CU same area with railway lines mapped out. (78) Main titles for this film. (87) Intertitles ...
"INTEREST. Travelogue" The film opens with a map of Africa with pointer showing places on the railway line (89-117)(150-166); Lobito Bay, the starting point of the railway (192-222); a ship loading at Lobito dock (230-277); the SS Angola ...
Compilation film of views of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, late 1917 or early 1918.
Street scenes in Bethlehem, the Church of Saint Mary, the Gardens of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy ...
INDUSTRIAL/ETHNOLOGY. Film on the Nigerian cotton industry and how the natives use cotton themselves in the manufacture of clothing.
""BLACK COTTON" Arranged by BRITISH INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS LTD. SURBITON, SURREY." (10). " ...
Documentary on the Gold Coast, showing the building of a new harbour at Takoradi, and the construction of roads and railways.
The film shows the construction of the new harbour at Takoradi, with shots of 'one of the ...
AMATEUR. Footage of Bombay showing the sampling of water from wells, oiling the water courses, drawing water for testing from a variety of wells, interior shots of a cotton mill (?).
Home movie footage of the Wicket family of Penarth Estate rubber plantation Enggor, Cameron Highlands of Malaya.
Home movie footage of the European market in Brastagi, Malaya.
The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.
The squadron's tour takes in the principal ports of the Empire. At each port the ships of the squadron ...
NEWSFILM. Crowds and procession in Hyde Park for Empire Day (61ft).
The advance of 15th Indian Division up the Euphrates valley, Mesopotamian Front, 1918.
A column of Ford light trucks carrying "supplies". (Compare with the same scene in IWM 68). Men of the Gurkha Rifles moving ...
Amateur film of scenes at Burao in Somaliland (headquarters of the Camel Corps), Grand Harbour Valletta (Malta) and the arrival of the Duke of Gloucester on board HMS Suffolk in Yokohama Harbour to invest Emperor Hirohito with the The Most Noble ...
DRAMA. The story of three generations of a family who sacrificed much to build a road in India, and of the conflict between East and West as typified by a young Indian Prince educated in England.
AMATEUR. Pageant of Old Days - part of the Uganda jubilee celebrations (50 years since the arrival of whites). The pageant depicts men coming down from heaven to earth. The final of H.H. The Kabaka's Cup - VIP's in the stand. H.H. The ...
AMATEUR. Buicks being assembled at Allenberry and Co., Calcutta, importers of Buicks and Chevrolets. Shots of crates on ox-carts, Indian workers, ranks of finished cars.
Shikar (i.e. Hunting) and views of Bikaner 1924-26; The opening of the Gang Canal by Lord Irwin 1927. Copies of Maharao Brijraj Singh of Kotah's 16 mm films, with his commentaries.
Production / Donor Details: Film shot by ...
