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

The Governor of Bengal's annual inspection of bodyguard: arrival of the Calcutta `Season' with the new Viceroy of India Lord Irwin.

Main title (7). "Inspection of Body-Guards By His Excellency Lord Lytton, Governor of Bengal" (9). Victor Lytton, ...

AMATEUR. Buicks being assembled at Allenberry and Co., Calcutta, importers of Buicks and Chevrolets. Shots of crates on ox-carts, Indian workers, ranks of finished cars.

TRAVELOGUE. Scenes in Fiji.

British Screen Classics logo (10). Pan of shoreline, bay and steep hill (14-36). Three sailing outriggers in a bay; Fijians set sail (41-52). MCU travelling shot over prow and outrigger cutting through sea (58-77). ...

INTEREST: Scenes from around the world of different forms of beasts of burden.

No credits. MCU Mountie comes across a rope bridge on horseback towards the camera followed by a man on foot leading a donkey (7-19). MS rocky mountain path along ...

AMATEUR. Footage of outdoor assembly of cars at Allenberry & Co, Calcutta - importers of buicks and chevrolets.

TRAVEL. A journey from London to Japan on the SS Haruna Mari operated by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line (Japan Mail Steamship Co.); followed by scenes in Japan.

Main title (4). "Great Japan" (10). Liverpool Street Station, passengers board trains ( ...

Set in Samoa, the film records the daily life of the protagonist as a ceremonial feast is prepared.

Fa'angase, a 'maiden,' and Moana's mother gather leaves; Moana collects taro root. Moana and his brothers, Pe'a and Tu'ungaita, set a snare for a ...

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 ...

DRAMA. Two prospectors in New Guinea, both in love with the same girl, are captured by head hunters, one escapes and betrays his friend to win the girl.

rl.1 Peter Mack and his daughter Eleanor live on a plantation in New Guinea. He lends a map ...