First of Brunel's burlesques. All parts played by Adrian Brunel.

Although produced at a cost of £80, Crossing the Great Sagrada had a pre-release showing at the London Tivoli and ran at ‘hundreds of ...

INDUSTRIAL. The collection and manufacture of palm nuts and palm oil; travelling shots along the River Niger and its tributaries; and rubber plantations in Nigeria.

Main title (6). Cutting down the palm fruit (24-43); stripping the ...

Scenes of the journey through the Suez Canal, the crossing from Aden to Djibouti, and the train journey from Dijbouti to Addis Ababa, filmed by Fritz Weiss, German diplomat and Ambassador to Abyssinia.

`Durch Suezkanal und Rotes Meer.' ...

Colonel Mackenzie Rogan inspects Indian bands ready for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley (52ft).

African tribal dancing.

Footage of local life in Southern Nigeria.

Main title. No series number. "Pictures Exclusive to Topical Budget" (6). "A Panorama presenting some of Wembley's Wonders" (10). Iris out to LS of the buildings at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, pan left (27). " ...

Amateur footage by Randolph Bezzant Holmes of car trip up Khyber Pass - native caravans en route, camels and nomads; broken-down truck being repaired. Aerial ropeway views.

DRAMA. An African setting. Ellen, a young woman, is forced to marry a rich man she dislikes, Krugg, for the sake of her father. The man she loves, Frank Logan, returns from a jungle expedition too late. On her wedding night Ellen is saved from Krugg's ...

Amateur footage by Randolph Bezzant Holmes of a trip through the Kurram valley south of the Khyber Pass and on the Afghanistan border. Scenes of village life. Cows and sheep on road, buffalo, mule caravans, oxen threshing, winnowing by hand.

INTEREST. A 1924 works outing for employees of Pullars of Perth to the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley, the Cenotaph, and Westminster Abbey.

"THE EXCURSION TO WEMBLEY OF EMPLOYEES OF Pillars of Perth THE FAMOUS CLEANERS AND DYERS." (12). " ...

INTEREST. Scenes in Soho of Italian butcher's shop, the Isola Bella and Salonika Restaurants (38-58); behind Tottenham Court Road, French and Hebrew newspapers on a stand, French bookshop and laundry, chemist's, wine shop and cafe bar, ...

INTEREST. A journey along the Niger river and its tributaries.

Main title missing. Map of Nigeria, the area of the Niger Delta and the rivers Niger and Benue are highlighted (15). Travelling shot from boat on river of the river's edge at Lokoja ...

Main title. "King and Queen escort Ferdinand and Queen Marie through Britain's Dominions at Wembley". Garlands of Welcome at the Indian Pavilion.". A distant shot of the visitors (44). "At Queen Victoria's Memorial". A closer view of the ...

The goodwill tour of the Royal Navy's special service squadron around the world, November 1923 to September 1924.

The squadron's tour takes in the principal ports of the Empire. At each port the ships of the squadron ...

Incomplete film on the RAF airmail service between Cairo and Baghdad, 1921-1926.

(Reel 1) The film compares the old ways of the desert with modern technology by starting with an Arab camel train coming to rest at an ...

A party of Sudanese chiefs visit London (35ft).

Khartoum and Omdurman, the White Nile, the Fajoli people; Redjaf and Kassala; the Sennar dam and railway development, Port Sudan; the Sultan of Fallata; a ceremonial parade of Arab and Nuba chieftains.

A travelogue showing Acre, the river Jordan, the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, Jericho, Bethlehem and Hebron.

Life in an agricultural village in the Punjab and the daily round.

Scenes from the visit of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward, Duke of Windsor) to South Africa, May 1925.

Main title and credits (33). MS Prince of Wales amongst a crowd ...

Amateur film. ?Camp in Waziristan, Khyber. Sunset in camp, blockhouse and many tents in lines, camels and drivers.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY NETWORK: ROUTES, CONSTRUCTION WORK, STATIONS, WORKSHOPS, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

Palestine in the present day, arranged as to illustrate the New Testament of the Bible.

THE PRINCE OF WALES‰ TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA, MAY-JULY 1925

Filmed on behalf of the British Cotton Growing Association and the Empire Cotton Association, the film shows cotton growing and general conditions in the Sudan in the latter half of the 1920s. The areas covered are Kadugli, Amadi, Mardi ...

INTEREST. Record of a journey in Africa, possibly in Nigeria.

No titles. Europeans stand by a train (1 frame). Logs seen floating in the sea. The sea can be seen stretching to the horizon. At another angle the land can be seen a a ...

A journey along the West African coast to Lagos and scenes in Lagos.

No main title. "At sunrise we arrive off Freetown, Sierra Leone..." (12). Sunrise (14). Africans swimming from canoes (33). "Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone ...

"INCIDENTS DURING HIS VISIT TO FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE". Two shots of official ceremonies during which the Prince is not seen recognisably. "CHOCOLATE GIRL GUIDES". African girl guides and the Prince talking to their leader. " ...

A detailed look at rice cultivation in Burma.

The film opens with a globe, on which Zanzibar is highlighted. The titles outline the role of the island as 'one of the most important centres for the commerce of the Indian ocean' as the film shows shots of a local market. ...

INTEREST. Scenes of African life in the Congo.

Main title (5). A mother sitting on the ground and surrounded by baskets tends her baby. She has decorative scarring on her back (41). CU of man's head with scarring on the forehead ...

Scenes of the life of the people of Palestine, contrasting the ancient and the modern.

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 ...

INSTRUCTIONAL. Opens with views of mountains and coastline (67), a stream crossed by a wooden bridge and fringed with luxuriant vegetation (105) and an old Fiji warrior with his war club (134). Views of Suva from above ...

"A GOLD COAST ROMANCE - Police Corporal Williams and his dusky bride, from the Exhibition native village, married at St. Johns Church, Wembley" (2). Williams and his wife along with their best man walk through a row of white ...

ACTUALITY. An amalgamation of two events featuring the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. The opening of the exhibition by King George V (23/4/1925) and the royal visit with King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Rumania (14/5/ ...

TRAVELOGUE. The Blue Nile; monuments of Wadi Halfa.

The Blue Nile (9-14); the ancient monuments south of Wadi Halfa (22-29); further shots of the tombs and temples (34-62); natives and donkeys and children seated on the ground ...

King George V and Queen Mary visit the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley and see the miniature railway (108ft).

Note: See also 111ft offcuts under title (QUEEN MARY AT EXHIBITION).

Production footage for a film about a journey down the River Niger, Africa.

No titles. LS man scaling down a palm tree (30). Africans working in a vegetable plot (33). Closer view of man in plam tree (44). HAS of compound yard; ...

A series of shots of the Niger Company's, J. Walkden's and W.B. McIver's buildings in Nigeria, usually consisting of a shot of the building exterior, clearly marked, with Africans entering and leaving the buildings.

"The Niger ...

Scenes from the visit of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward, Duke of Windsor) to Africa in 1925. The film charts the Prince's journey from Kumasi to Accra, before showing ...

Prince Henry in Hyde Park for Empire Day celebrations (52ft).