Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is welcomed by the Supreme Allied ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is welcomed by the Supreme Allied ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is welcomed by the Supreme Allied ...
The Calcutta waterfront viewed from a vessel moving up the Ganges, showing pilgrims descending into the water, dhows and rafts.
The Warwick Film Catalogue from 1901 contains a listing for Panorama of Calcutta, India, from the ...
INTEREST. The Maharajah of Kapurthala and his guests on their journey towards the fishing grounds: men riding on elephants (29). A rest period: Indians and Europeans sitting in circles talking and smoking (65). Indian dignitaries bowing at the ...
A parable about the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
Epic drama set in Chandrapore in the 1920s, about the relationships between a group of English people and a Muslim doctor who is accused of assaulting an English woman during a visit to the Marabar Caves.
Coverage of the King and Queen at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911.
"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 ...
Stage and film star Patricia Burke gives an impromptu show to British troops while she is the guest of XV Indian Corps on Akyab Island in the Arakan ...
The film shows Indian towns and villages, and highlights the production of silk, wheat, rice, sugar and jute.
The film opens with a map of India, which a title introduces as the 'land of Mosques and Temples' and as the 'land of ...
INTEREST: Scenes in Bombay and Calcutta.
"The Botanical Gardens of Bombay"(5). MS park gardens. A European man in the foreground photographs an approaching elephant with several passengers on its back (23). "The Jain Temple and gardens of ...
India. (1926?1946?) British man pouring tea by the roadside from a flask, then climbing onto a horse and off trekking, many locals carrying sacks following through hills and villages. British woman on a horse, side-saddle (44) (c1932) On hunt through ...
Documentary on life in the Indian Air Force (IAF) culminates with a plea to Indian audience for more and better planes for the IAF.
At the headquarters of the Indian Air Force in the Punjab, Hawker Harts of 1 ...
Film showing a number of slogans, posters and graffiti during rising political unrest in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia).
A large ...
Footage depicting the unsettled political climate in Bandoeng (Bandung) in central Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Slow pan left-to-right ...
Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.
A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd Mechanical Equipment Corps level a large area ...
A record of the Preston Empire Day celebration of 22 May 1909.
A title introduces 'Preston Empire Day May 22nd 1909. Promoter of the Empire Day Movement Right Hon. The Earl of Meath K.P., P.C.'. Boys in sailor uniforms and girls in ...
No main title. Men in military uniform disembarking from a small launch. A second launch from which the Prince and Princess of Wales (later George V and Queen Mary) disembark, they are greeted by five men (one of whom is Indian) and are followed by ...
ACTUALITY. Ranjitsinhji, practising at the nets prior to the First Test between England and Australia at Sydney, 13-17 December 1897. The camera is positioned in the silly mid-off area, behind the side netting.
Watched by a bowler-hatted man ...
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 ...
INTEREST. A short procession of Indian men and women pass in front of the camera. The men are in the front of the procession carrying flags. The women follow. Four women carry a canopy under which a fifth walks. Behind them, a small child is ...
Amateur film showing a procession of elephants in silver-plated armour in Jaipur; women spinning; the road to Amber; scenes of the Craster family at Jotwara including a Sikh orderly; John McLeod Campbell at Galta; sacred monkeys; a fakir; ...