Mysore? British man and women in gardens of large Residence in the aftemath of a Garden party. Sahib and Memsabib walk their Afghan hound in Residence grounds.
Production / Donor Details: These cine films were shot by Gordon ...
Sequences of bird shooting parties at Sardu(?) and Kandi, West Bengal. Shooting parties of Sahibs with fashionable Mensahibs in attendance plus dogs & Indian servants. Residence garden shots of 2 ladies in cloche hats playing ball ...
Shots of the Parachinar Durbar in the North West Frontier district close to the Afghan border and the Khyber Pass. Presentation of certificates to local children by British Army Officier. Large milling gathering by local tribesman in ...
Fishing for crocodile in wide river. Dead crocodile brought to river bank to be examined and displayed by locals and British. Sole elephant in clearing caught captive in trap struggles to escape while watched by locals ...
Travelgoue. Scenes in Peshawar, the village of Kabla, the Khyber Pass and Lundi Kotal.
Map of the world, CU of the position of India (48-78). A town (84). Map showing Afghanistan and the North West Frontier province (105-134). Pan ...
A journey by car and camel, through Persia and on to Quetta in Baluchistan.
Camel caravan (57-68). Man leading mules (71-75). An Englishman setting off for the `back door' of India by car (85-101). Kermanshah, the first ...
Khyber Pass: Mule train/camel train/outpost (125). Kashmir: Dal lake (near Srinagar). Agra: cattle market, Taj Mahal, market scenes, Red Fort (240 feet).
INTEREST - Travelogue. The film opens with a shot of two men in the Punjab stacking sheaves of wheat (58-70); a farmer sets off to market (81-100); Rawal Pindi from a distance (104-120); firewood cutters loading up wood for ...
Amateur film showing the Horse Artillery and Sir Hugh Stephenson, Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Scenes include; a polo match, probably the Prince of Wales' Cup; Red Fort at Delhi; Delhi and Patna horse shows, carriages, street scenes near ...
Amateur film of New Delhi. Street scenes. Fountains. Show jumping and horse artillery on parade. AV from a plane. Interior of plane. Personal film of children on ski-ing slopes and playing in wood. Cricket at Batyana High School.
Amateur film showing Kashmir, Kabul, a yogi hanging over a fire, the Shan States and leg rowers on Inle lake.
No titles. A potter at work in Kashmir (42). Street scene in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan (64). An entrance gate to ...
Amateur film showing everyday life in the Hunter household in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Hnter introduces films by titles. In train nearing Meerut. Station at Meerut. Train drawing in. Porter taking up luggage from passengers. Indian railway ...
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 ...
Drama of kidnapping and intrigue set against an Indian background.
Newsreel item on air travel to India.
The grounds of the Residence at Mysore where much sport is made with dogs. Bathing the dogs in the fountains. Kicking dogs the football etc. Good shots of the Residence and its grounds.
Production / Donor Details: These cine ...
MEDICAL. Scenes in the Kala-Azar [visceral leishmaniasis, dum-dum fever, tropical splenomegaly, or sirkari disease] endemic area in Bengal. Living conditions in Bengal and Calcutta.
Main title (14). "Scenes in the Kala-Azar Endemic Areas in ...
A tour made by rail and road to India, Burma and Sikkim, by members of the Grand Lodge of the Freemasons [18 cans].
Arrival Bombay - Jubbulpore November/December 1927
Sports. Building - Bombay yacht club. Station - being seen ...
Main Title. "THE IRREPRESSIBLE MR LEVINE, AMERICA'S MILLIONAIRE AMATEUR AIRMAN 'TAKES OFF' FROM CRANWELL WITH BRITISH PILOT - CAPT HINCHCLIFFE". Close shots of the pilot and passenger; shots of the aeroplane taking off and ...
Amateur film. City scenes in Calcutta.
Amateur film. Europeans and Indians at Puri, India.
Some footage duplicated from GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 14, some from others. Sheila Mary's first summer, birthday games with her father. Squaring deodar log before sawing. "S G as cine heroine". Woman climbing up hill with mule on tow. ...
Extended sequence showing the open air collection of the wild life in an Indian Zoo. Concentrating mainly on baby elephants being fed and trained, watched by Sahibs and Mensahibs. Also giraffe and baby. Hippopotamus being fed. Tiger ...
Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.
Empire premiers at Cambridge University, including Mackenzie King of Canada, and the Maharajah of Burdan (44ft).
Army camp with British army officers waiting for 'The Off.' Armoured Car exercises & inspection. Meeting of two tribal clanleaders at Clan gathering with pipe band.
Trek into the outback by party with Memsahibs on horseback ...
An Indian Durbar' (1926) Travelogue style film showing coronation of Sir Hari Singh as Maharajah of Kashmir.
Production / Donor Details: Shot by American travelogue film-maker Herford Tynes Cowling
...ACTUALITY. Garden party given by Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India during the Calcutta `season'.
Main title (10). The garden party guests arriving (mainly Europeans). They cross lawn in front of the house (52). The Viceroy's party passing in front of ...
Life in an agricultural village in the Punjab and the daily round.
Amateur film. ?Camp in Waziristan, Khyber. Sunset in camp, blockhouse and many tents in lines, camels and drivers.
AMATEUR. Scenes in an Indian wildlife park.
A couple, in colonial style clothes, stand behind a tapir. The man strokes and pats the animal (17) [slight jump in film]. The same couple stand on a river bank with another, similarly ...
Salvation army workers among the Bhil tribesmen, caring for Burmese and Ceylonese children, and the work of the Catherine Booth Memorial Hospital. Native life and scenes in India, Burma and Ceylon.
Rl. 1. Travelling along a country ...
The King-Emperor's horse race at Calcutta, India.
Government of India Censor Certificate (6). Main title (10). "The King Emperor's Cup Race 1925" (18). Scenes at Calcutta race track, Europeans passing the camera entering the course (102). "Scenes ...
ACTUALITY. The Governor of Bengal, Lord Lytton, inspects the Governor's Bodyguard in Calcutta.
Main title. The Governor and his party get out of a car at the inspection ground, a wide expanse of grass and trees (30). Lord Lytton mounts a horse by ...
Colonel Mackenzie Rogan inspects Indian bands ready for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley (52ft).
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. ...
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 ...
Convoy of troops and camel trains along (?) Khyber Pass enters camp. CU Camels. Mules and camp activities.
ACTUALITY. A record of Edward, Prince of Wales' visit to India and Nepal, 1921. Prince at Calcutta; the Malakand Pass; and tiger hunting in Nepal.
No main title. A building outlined in lights (8). Arrival of the Prince in open landau ...
Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta, with Lady Marie Thomas, 1st Marchioness of Willingdon.
Main title (7)). LS of the Victoria monument building, flanked by two large stone lions (16). ...
DRAMA. The story of life on a military station in India and of a cad's pursuit of a girl and his use of her brother's weakness to gain his ends. He is killed by a python and she marries her sweetheart.
The official film record of the Prince of Wales' tour of India and Burma, 1921-22. Covering Bombay, Poona, Bharatpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Benares, Rangoon, Mandalay, Nepal, Madras, Patiala and the Khyber Pass. Also featuring a tiger hunt, ...
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 ...
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 ...
MAIN TITLE Prince of Wales [later, Edward, Duke of Windsor] sets sail from Portsmouth for India on the 'Renown' (55ft).
Note: Harold Jeapes accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of India and Japan, presumably ...
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.
Water divining. British army officers preparing for duty in India. School boys scenes with Harrovian Boater. Extended outdoor British Middle Class family domestic scenes. Small girls playing. Family outdoor meal in garden with table & ...
