"Memorial serivce at St Paul's Cathedral to the Antarctic heroes. The arrival of the Lord Mayor of London and sheriffs." Arrival of the coaches. The Lord Mayor - Sir David Burnett - and other officials climb the ...
INTEREST. Travelogue principally around Delhi.
Main titles. (3) MS double gateway, in a perimeter wall, horse and ox traffic passing through. (8) CU of the head of one of the archways. (12) MCU train arriving at a station, a large ...
INTEREST. Various fruits in India.
No main title. Intertitle (2). LS of a boy shinning down a large tree outside a house with fruit from the areca tree. He is watched by a few men and a number of boys (16). A boy slides down an areca tree ...
Title card: "Vivaphone" Film. Title card: 'The Rollicking Rajah'. First verse and chorus of 'The Rolling Rajah'. The film set is a city street in Britain. White man dressed as an Indian rajah dances and sings centre screen, either side of ...
"FLAG WAVING: American women protest in favour of peace" (15). On the steps of a building a crowd of women stand waving American flags (20).
"KILTIES IN TRAINING" (26). Small children wave as soldiers of a Scottish regiment pass ...
"OUR TROOPS IN INDIA: PARADE OF THE BOMBAY LIGHT HORSE". A column of cavalry march across a field in long lines abreast (30).
"BATTLE OF FLOWERS: CARNIVAL HELD AT BORGHESE, ITALY". Some gaily decorated horse-drawn ...
Units of the former Indian Corps, just after its disbandment, in rear areas before their departure from France, November and December 1915.
The officers' ...
A history of the Great War, focussing on troops from the Empire.
An opening title outlines the scenes depicted within the film - 'Canadians to Salisbury Plain, England. Indians to Marseilles, France. New Zealanders ...
Horse racing in Calcutta.
Lord Chelmsford presenting colours to the 5th Calcutta battalion.
ACTUALITY. The arrival in Calcutta of a Handley Page aircraft after the flight from England.
Main title (7). "The arrival in Calcutta of the Handley Page biplane" (13). LS of the biplane in flight (30). The biplane lands and taxies to a ...
Semi-contemporary material of the first British forces in France and the creation of the massed armies in Britain at the start of the First World War, 1914-1916.
Arrival of the Indian Corps in Marseilles in September ...
Arrival of the editors of leading Indian newspapers, on a goodwill tour run by the Ministry of Information, at their London hotel, 11th October 1918.
The party of five, with a guide, leave the front of the Hyde Park ...
Everyday life for members of 99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF at Ambala, India, June-September 1919.
(Reel 1) The troopship SS Barpeta brings a fresh contingent for the squadron into Karachi harbour. The men ...
Water divining. British army officers preparing for duty in India. School boys scenes with Harrovian Boater. Extended outdoor British Middle Class family domestic scenes. Small girls playing. Family outdoor meal in garden with table & ...
Travancore Game Reserve, Bombay, and Bakers Estate, Komeron, Cochin.
The St. Joseph's Collection consists of 79 reels donated to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum by the Mill Hill Missionary Society. Missionary films held in the collection contain footage of numerous ...
MAIN TITLE Prince of Wales [later, Edward, Duke of Windsor] sets sail from Portsmouth for India on the 'Renown' (55ft).
Note: Harold Jeapes accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of India and Japan, presumably ...
DRAMA. The story of three generations of a family who sacrificed much to build a road in India, and of the conflict between East and West as typified by a young Indian Prince educated in England.
ACTUALITY. A record of Edward, Prince of Wales' visit to India and Nepal, 1921. Prince at Calcutta; the Malakand Pass; and tiger hunting in Nepal.
No main title. A building outlined in lights (8). Arrival of the Prince in open landau ...
Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta, with Lady Marie Thomas, 1st Marchioness of Willingdon.
Main title (7)). LS of the Victoria monument building, flanked by two large stone lions (16). ...
DRAMA. The story of life on a military station in India and of a cad's pursuit of a girl and his use of her brother's weakness to gain his ends. He is killed by a python and she marries her sweetheart.
The official film record of the Prince of Wales' tour of India and Burma, 1921-22. Covering Bombay, Poona, Bharatpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Benares, Rangoon, Mandalay, Nepal, Madras, Patiala and the Khyber Pass. Also featuring a tiger hunt, ...
ACTUALITY. A record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour, 1921-22.
Rl.1 Arrival of the Prince at Bombay on November 17th, 1921 and reading a message from the King; the King's message is included in the sub-titles preceding each shot ...
