KING SOLOMON'S MINES 1937
Adventure melodrama of the search for legendary diamond mines in the heart of Africa.
The 1937 British-Gaumont adaptation of King Solomon’s Mineswas the second film version of H. Rider Haggard& ...
Adventure melodrama of the search for legendary diamond mines in the heart of Africa.
The 1937 British-Gaumont adaptation of King Solomon’s Mineswas the second film version of H. Rider Haggard& ...
Amateur film of a climbing party in Kashmir.
Team of men with packs walking through mountain pass (11). Snow and mountains, climbing party walking through snow (44). Camp and porters (55). Porters weighing a sheep (62). Cooking a ...
INTEREST. "New Government House - Darjeeling. In Government House grounds". A carriage comes along the drive, escorted by natives. Two women get out of the carriage. The two women and a man talk on the balcony (28). "His Excellency ...
A cartoon parody of Sanders of the River, placing the horse and his rider from the Sunday Express comic strip "Come On Steve" in Africa, where they must escape local cannibals.
Lord Sandy, the Commissioner, leaves his African ...
Modern missionary work in South Rhodesia, the territory explored and opened up by Livingstone.
Reel One of three.
Victoria Falls. The four-day steam-train journey along the Orange River from the Cape to the Falls, via Mafeking ...
Cadbury production, likely including footage from the Gold Coast (Ghana).
AMATEUR FILM.
ARAB LEGION AMMAN. Filmed around April 1937 on the occasion of the annual parade of the Legion. The parade was taken by King Hussein but it is uncertain whether there is no footage of him in this film (30ft).
LAN ...
"Every year on the two days preceding Ash Wednesday, Dominica gives itself up to the spirit of Carnival".
Documentary on life in a desert town.
AMATEUR. A rally of Girl Guides attended by Olave Baden-Powell in Hyderabad.
AMATEUR. Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.
Camel race and general views of people and animals (35). Elephants (46). People (53). A food stall (58). Street scene showing stalls and buildings (82). ...
INTEREST. "Darjeeling - summer seat of the Bengal government". A shot of the hill road to Darjeeling. Natives herd sheep. Other natives are dragging a roller along (14). More sheep by the side of the railway track (21). A car, with a ...