INTEREST. The ruins of Zimbabwe. Close-up of African native, shot of a native beating a drum as commentary states that many natives have remained as primitive as when the white man first found them (61-103). Extract from the silent ...

Documentary on the history of the British flag.

Empire Day Pageant at the Southern Railway Servants' Orphanage at Woking. Children dressed in scout and guide uniforms parade with groups representing different countries of the Empire.

The display begins with a man and woman - ...

Subjects include the visit of the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Squadron, Vice-Admiral Dunbar Nasmith, November 1933; pearl fishing in Bahrain waters; British warships and gunboats in the Persian Gulf; flagstaff at ...

General views of guests at the presentation of Viceroy Khareita to the Sheik of Bahrain. (Presentation not shown). Women in burka dancing. Abd dancing with band. Racehorses exercising in front of local nobility. European dinghies ...

Kashmir. Scenery. Mountain rivers. Bridges foot & vehicle. Tanmarg & Gulmarg. Shalimar Gardens. Palace & formal gardens. European formal lawn picnic. Holiday villas in the woods. Wooden Indian village houses & groups of Indigenous ...

Sunday morning drinks at Pindi country club. Topi country park. Basaar with street vendors & arms dealers. Hill station under heavy snow. Christmas lunch at Pindi club. Larking at picnic. Lawrence College. Ghora Gali. Hazara. NWFP. ...

Amateur film without titles shot by Lieutenant Robert Scott-Moncrieff, Royal Artillery, possibly when serving with 6th (Jacobs) Mountain Battery RA at Razmak, records Darya Khan railway station, turbaned troops with mules, parade in foothills, native ...

Amateur film without titles shot by Lieutenant Robert Scott-Moncrieff, Royal Artillery, of Indian Army turbaned troops (6th Jacobs Mountain Battery Royal Artillery?) on exercise in arid mountains of North West Frontier (Razmak?), entering and ...

Amateur film without titles shot by Bandmaster Mr T A Link of 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment records soldiers outside their barracks and practising high jump and long jump in mountainous district, presumably while Battalion was stationed at Rawalpindi, ...

Amateur film without titles shot by Bandsman Mr T A Link of 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment records soldiers of the Battalion dressed up in a variety of mock oriental guises and as Welsh miners parading, playing a rugby match ...

START 00:00:00 Flying operations on the fleet aircraft carrier HMS Glorious in the Mediterranean: RAF deck crewmen dash towards a Blackburn Ripon II biplane torpedo bomber after it has just landed on the flight deck. A D Class destroyer HMS Delight ( ...

Amateur film shot by Miss L W Chadwick and her niece Miss Betty Chadwick (later Mrs Ryle-Wright) while travelling from Red Sea to East Africa (game reserve animals) before arriving at Mr A V Chadwick's dairy farm "Windermere" near Vryburg in ...

Amateur film shot by Pilot Officer Normand Littlejohn while serving with RAF 17 Squadron as a Pilot Officer in 1931, then as Flying Officer with RAF 203 Flying Boat Squadron in Iraq Command from 1932-1935 records ground and flying activity in Britain ...

Colonel Hodgkinson and friends - poolside at the Taiping Swimming Club, Malaysia.

A sign on a fence reads 'No Dogs Allowed'. Shot of a dog looking up, cut to a sign and swimming pool ...

Colonel Hodgkinson and friends - poolside at the Taiping Swimming Club, Malaysia.

A man and woman take it in turns to dive from a diving board. Others follow, some in slow-motion, some ...

Amateur film shot by Captain Cyril Nicholls while serving with the 4th Battalion 6 Rajputana Rifles at Mhow, India, records tracking shot along railway line (overexposed), young British ladies and officers in period bathing wear enjoying diving and ...

Amateur film. Record of the construction of the Metur Dam and the opening ceremony.

The ceremony of Arms Puja.

A film to illustrate the conquest of the air by the aeroplane.

Amateur film of Indian wildlife. Includes, a black buck; a wild pig being fed; the road to Udaipur; a ram fight, cock fight at Chitor; the Maharajah of Jaipur's head Mahout;(elephant trainer) an elephants fight at Jaipur.

Amateur film showing everyday life in Jotwara and Jaipur.

Includes film of the Craster family; a Rajput wedding; Rambagh Palace, hounds George Craster and the Maharaja of Jaipur; gardens and stables at Jotwara; a procession in Jaipur; a festival ...

Amateur film. Potting, grinding and irrigating in India (probably Madras area).