AMATEUR FILM. Recording plane journey across the Middle East region.
Aerial views of unidentified towns and countryside along the River Tigris, the town of Kut (91). The River Tigris and Baghdad, street scenes in Baghdad and a hall ...
Scenes from the lives of people in an African native tribe. A woman gathers up an animal hide and walks through a village accompanied by a child; a man herds cattle nearby. A small bird pecks at the ground amidst the cattle. A ...
Shows the achievements, aspirations. racial attitudes of colonial railway builders. Traces the journey from the Cape to Cairo by train, boat, Morris and native bearer.
INTEREST. Shots of the sea from the side of "S.S. Narkunda" (31). The bridge of the ship (65). The engine room (120). The bridge (142). Life boat drill (198). Shots of the sea from the side of the ship (212).
"KINGSTON, JAMAICA: A WONDERFUL WELCOME : EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD WHO COULD GET THERE TURNED OUT TO GREET THE PRINCE OF WALES DURING SHORT VISIT TO JAMAICA EN ROUTE TO SOUTH AMERICA" Shots of the Prince Edward's car ...
"PALESTINE: ON THE SEA THAT OUR SAVIOUR KNEW!" "Simple peasants throng shores of Sea of Galilee. Where many stories of the Gospels were enacted. To see a flying boat (Imperial Airways) land on historic waters for ...
African jungle spectacle.
Amateur film shot by Medical Officer of the Boundary Commission. Shows British Colonial Officials travelling to Somaliland via Marseilles, Malta and the Suez Canal and arrival in Berbera. Shows camel racing with the Camel Corps and the ...
?Amateur footage: scenes on deck of H.M.S. Carlisle off Tristan da Cunha; supplies rowed shore; ship's chaplain with bridal couple; ship's doctor examining islanders; sailors signalling to ship with semaphore amd morse code.
Amateur footage of scenes in Malaysia and Singapore.
The Chenderoh Dam near Taiping, on the Perak river which feeds a hydro-electric power station. Doctor Ross and a monkey on the Caledonia Estate. The operation of a rotary oil press ...
Cameron Highlanders in Southampton (79ft).
