ACTUALITY. A record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour, 1921-22.
Rl.1 Arrival of the Prince at Bombay on November 17th, 1921 and reading a message from the King; the King's message is included in the sub-titles preceding each shot ...
Lord Allenby, High Commissioner for Egypt, returns for conference. Filmed with his mother (34ft).
Record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition in 1921.
No main title. A man writes `God Save the King' on a blackboard. "Nevertheless they are exceedingly grateful and sent this mesage to England." A man sells neck rings at a market stall. "The Indian Bazaar is one of the most paying ...
The funeral of Christian de Wet, Boer guerilla leader and politician in South Africa (61ft).
The Prince of Wales' trip to India in 1922.
"After the ceremony the Prince returns to Government House". In motorcade.
"Peshawar. The City of Peshawar - the Postern Gate of the Khyber Pass". Slow pan of rooftops.
"A ride through the ...
Unveiling memorial to the 40th Pathans. Parade round the memorial at Mardan on the Grand Trunk Road at Attock. The 40th Pathans fought in the Middle East in World War One.
Includes tower at the festival of Jagannath in Puri.
Europeans walk through the ruins of Martand near Srinagar - a Hindu temple built 700 AD. Tour of the ruins with details of the carvings.
Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn reviews military parade at Rawalpindi. triumphal arch, flags, large parade, groups on horses, large march past of infantry by saluting base.
"Madras. Review of the Leinster Regiment at Fort St George. Three cheers for HRH, their Colonel-in-Chief". Prince of Wales inspects troops.
"Typical scenes in a native village in Madras". Two women look at camera. A woman dancing. Pan of village. ...
Amateur footage of city gate and main street. Girl in black burkhas in a gharry going into the bazaar area through Edwardes gate. Cattle in street. Views of shops in the bazaar and journey through the main street with pans of houses and numerous ...
Amateur film of Kashmir. Ruins at Avantipur - views of the temple and man-sized rice storage jars.
ACTUALITY. The Earl of Lytton arrives in Calcutta to take up his appointment as Governor of Bengal.
Main title (12) Calcutta Board of Censors Certificate for 31.3.22 (19). Colonial officials wait at the station, the train pulls in. Lytton shakes ...
ACTUALITY. A record of the second Everest expedition showing the journey from Darjeeling to Tibet, activities of the Tibetans, and the climb itself. Released in five parts.
Rl.1 Part I - The Long Road To Tibet. Map of India giving location of ...
This is described as "The Official film record of the pilgrimage of HRH the Prince of Wales to the far east from Portsmouth; via Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Malay States, and Hong Kong to the Land of the Sun". Also visited are Manila, Brunei, and Cairo ...
The lying in state of the body of Sir Ernest Shackleton in Montevideo, Uruguay, and its transfer to ship for burial on the island of South Georgia, 1922.
The film opens with a portrait still of Shackleton, ...
The film show the day to day running of the Titaghur Jute company, which is in Bengal on the banks of the river Hooghly. Opening shot 360 degree pan of industrial buildings. 7000 Indian workers are employed, mostly women and children. ...
Comedy.
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 ...
TRAVEL. Scenes on the island of Tristan da Cunha and at Cape Town prior to leaving.
Main Title: `To Tristan da Cunha on HMS "Dublin" - March 1923' (7). Shots of HMS Dublin standing in and then leaving port at Cape Town (64). Left-to- ...
One of Uganda's native kings salutes the Union Jack during an Empire Day ceremony in South Africa. Film supplied by J.Y.T.A. [?] (58ft).
Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.
Main title and credit (15). The Governor's entourage preceeded by a guard of honour walk from Government House along a red carpet lined with ...
INTEREST. Travelogue of Uganda around the Semliki river.
Main title: "This chapter being `ON THE EQUATOR'" (5). Credit and intertitle (29). LS of bush, mountains in background and bird sitting on tree branch (31). LS of bull elephant ...
Lord Grenfell lays the foundation stone of the Malta Pavilion for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. Scenes of construction. Filmed by Hutchins and Heath (99ft).
Footage of Sir Harry Lauder's round the world trip, camp life in Africa (?).
Cherry Kearton's journey in the Congo, showing wildlife along the course of Semliki River.
Convoy of troops and camel trains along (?) Khyber Pass enters camp. CU Camels. Mules and camp activities.
Animation. Silhouette, white on black.
"Lyman H. Howe presents Hunting Lions in Africa" (3). A man on the back of an elephant shoots at a lion. The lion retaliates and chases the man and elephant. Monkeys run up palm trees out of the path of ...
No main title. "Messrs. J. Walkden's Store" (3). LS of the store, name clearly seen, a European man stands outside, a group of Africans (Hausa) leave the store (17). "Messrs. Christian's Stre" (20). Two Europeans walk down a path from the ...
DRAMA. Mesopotamia. Captain Richard Galt is appointed as political officer to El Ragi and becomes popular with the natives. He falls in love with a native girl which is used by his political opponents to stir up rebellion. The ...
The Dugmore-Harris expedition to East Africa which was made to photograph wildlife in its natural surroundings. From a hide by a water-hole the following are observed:-
R1.1. Oryx (401-587); Marabou stork (589-752); eagle (735-775); ...
Amateur footage of train at platform with guard of honour; parade. Original label mentioned Prince of Wales.
Newsreel compilation of stories shot between May 1923 and August 1923.
"TIDWORTH TATTOO Musical Ride by the 12th Lancers." (31st July 1923 1290 (3)) (4). [No picture]. Gaumont Logo (5). "ENGLAND'S NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL. Head Master ...
Travelogue of Fiji: Fijians making baskets and mats from coconut palms; ripening bananas in a pit; making kava; preparing a fire-walking pit; sailing in outriggers.
Srinagar waterways street scenes; Martand ruins. A European intervenes in a fight(?) between a man and a boy. The European leads the boy away.
Includes the item 'West Africa in England'.
Amateur footage by Randolph Bezzant Holmes of Waziristan scouts (soldiers) - sitting at camp; camel caravan in mountainous terrain. Scouts rushing down rocky hillside, smoke from firing, troops taking avoiding action.
Amateur footage by Randolph Bezzant Holmes of the visit of president Poincare to Jamrud Fort on the Kyhber. Six officers flanking three civilians and the group going off in car. Views inside the fort. Motor and animal traffic on the approach road.
INTEREST. Section from expedition film, showing the village of Ibandha, and Bakonjo tribal dancing.
No main title. Intertitles (18). Bakonjo people pass the camera (35). Four male Bakonjo pose for the camera (40); group of young ...
ACTUALITY. Nigeria (or Belgian Congo?): Lord Leverhulme and his host and hostess, followed by three more European men, walk through a garden with palmtrees and a fullsize statue of a woman (15). (Gap) In front of a flight of stairs up to ...
INTEREST. Part of a journey from the Semliki River to the Ituri River in the Congo (Zaire).
Main title (7). Line of porters walk up hillside at the base of the Mountains of the Moon (Ruwenzori Mountains) (49). The River Semliki on ...
Angus Buchanan's expedition to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. Includes Sir Hugh Clifford and the Executive Council of Nigeria; street markets in Lagos; and various tribes in Nigeria and Niger dancing, hunting and cultivating ...
INTEREST - Travelogue. Shots of jungle, river, waterfalls and sea in Fiji (40); thatched huts built on stilts over a river, a man punting a canoe along, children and dogs on the platforms over the river (80); boy feeding a pig on a ...
The story of the meeting, in Africa, of two men who find that they were the husband and lover of the same woman.
Rl. 1. Captain Bull is in charges of an African outpost. A local witch doctor ...
INTEREST. Journey through the Niger Delta in Nigeria from Onitsha.
No titles. Travelling shot from boat of river bank at Onitsha (47); village, paddle steamer and steamer docked by village (70). "View showing the Golf Course, Offices ...
Prince of Wales attends the closing ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley (75ft).
