A film of life on a Karoo farm in South Africa on which large flocks of sheep ar e kept. We see them being sheared and the wool loaded on to a train for Port El izabeth. Later it is shipped to England. The story is centred round ...
Tented encampment of 43 DHQ Company of King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, with Indian sentry on duty; regimental (?) flag flies in the background. Indian bearer grooms Lieutenant Jack's small black and white terrier. Mess tent (?): Indian ...
J. Blake Dalrymple and J. Stirling Gillespie on wildlife filming expedition during a Cape to Cairo trip 1937-1939, largly shot in Zululand.
The daughter of an army captain is degraded into a servant when her father is lost, but she refuses to believe it and finds him ill in hospital. She penetrates his memory and restores him to health.
Depicts medical work of the London Missionary Society at Jianganj, specifically at the new hospital built by the Society to serve the Murshidabad district of Bengal. Mission staff featured include Dr. Beryl Bowering and Dr. Oliver Newell.
Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society at Atur, among the Kuruvas tribespeople. Mission staff featured include the Indian Pastor, Mr. T. Narasimham.
Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society in Salem, including Salem Boarding School, Salem Training School for Women Teachers and the Boys' High School.
Depicts the work of the London Missionary Society in Cuddapah, including the Vocational Middle School.
Depicts the work of the London Missionary society in Jammalamadugu, including scenes from a local festival, and work at the Jammalamadugu General Hospital and Girls' Boarding School.
Family footage in India.Colour sequences on tea picking and processing.
Festive procession with dressed elephants near Royal Palace with gardens and reservoir. The Layard girls exercising ponies. Parade / march past of police ...
General footage of Kashmir. Countryside / scenery .Riverside settlements Lakes, boats, European houseboatsclothes washing on river banks, street musicians / dancers performing, walking craft across river, horse riding & picnic in ...
Countryside of North East Nigeria as seen from a railway train on a long journey. Arrival at Lagos(?). Harbourside quay scenes and sweeping shots of the harbour, its cranes and the port facilities. The voyage to England on board 'MV ...
NASSAU IN THE 1930s
PEACETIME ACTIVITIES OF THE ROYAL NAVY, CONCENTRATING ON THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET ON EXERCISES
Members of the Xhosa tribe of South Africa re-enact an old legend in which blind belief in a false prophet leads the tribe to ruin. The commentary draws the parallel with Hitler's Germany.
INTEREST. Travelogue and promotional film for the island of Bermuda.
Main title and credits (37). LS `Queen of Bermuda' liner leaving harbour of New York (New York skyline not seen) (53). Closer view of the liner as it sails past (77). ...
Pygmies of the Central African rain forest; aspects of their way of life - domestic, hunting, and bartering.
Melodrama of the love of an English society woman and a high caste doctor in India during natural disasters and epidemics.
Amateur film showing a picnic in Anglesey and the political officers' Residency, Jaipur.
Fay and June bathing at Jaipur, 1940. Horse riding in grounds of Residency. Picnicing on Anglesey beach. Jaipur residency gardens in 1939. The Hindustan- ...
Amateur footage of an African village (probably Mufulira) built for factory workers. Sanitation conditions, European housing and recreation facilities
INTEREST. Voyage through the Mediterranean, special emphasis on Royal Navy ships in the sea.
r.1 Shots of the sea and coasts representing Ulysses' voyage northward from the Mediterranean (72). The S.S. "Ionian" in the bay of Gibraltar on her ...
START 00:00:00 Monochrome scenes in the New Territories near the border with China featuring terraced paddy fields in the valleys between the ranges of hills. Views of the walled and moated village of Kam Tin, a narrow alley inside the village and ...
START 00:00:00 Views filmed inside a drydock (probably the one at Whampoa Dock from 21 to 24 October 1939) showing the starboard side of HMS Kent during dockyard repairs; clearly visible are the draught marks in Latin numerals painted on the bow ...
START 00:00:00 Monochrome scenes on board HMS Kent with views of the name plate on the quarterdeck, X and Y twin eight-inch gun turrets and the mainmast (from which the White Ensign flies) and a view along the starboard side from the ship's gangway ...
