PREM SANYAS 1926
Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.
Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.
Empire premiers at Cambridge University, including Mackenzie King of Canada, and the Maharajah of Burdan (44ft).
Army camp with British army officers waiting for 'The Off.' Armoured Car exercises & inspection. Meeting of two tribal clanleaders at Clan gathering with pipe band.
Trek into the outback by party with Memsahibs on horseback ...
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
...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 ...
Life in an agricultural village in the Punjab and the daily round.
Amateur film. ?Camp in Waziristan, Khyber. Sunset in camp, blockhouse and many tents in lines, camels and drivers.
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 ...
Salvation army workers among the Bhil tribesmen, caring for Burmese and Ceylonese children, and the work of the Catherine Booth Memorial Hospital. Native life and scenes in India, Burma and Ceylon.
Rl. 1. Travelling along a country ...
The King-Emperor's horse race at Calcutta, India.
Government of India Censor Certificate (6). Main title (10). "The King Emperor's Cup Race 1925" (18). Scenes at Calcutta race track, Europeans passing the camera entering the course (102). "Scenes ...
ACTUALITY. The Governor of Bengal, Lord Lytton, inspects the Governor's Bodyguard in Calcutta.
Main title. The Governor and his party get out of a car at the inspection ground, a wide expanse of grass and trees (30). Lord Lytton mounts a horse by ...
Colonel Mackenzie Rogan inspects Indian bands ready for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley (52ft).
The film show the day to day running of the Titaghur Jute company, which is in Bengal on the banks of the river Hooghly. Opening shot 360 degree pan of industrial buildings. 7000 Indian workers are employed, mostly women and children. ...
Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.
Main title and credit (15). The Governor's entourage preceeded by a guard of honour walk from Government House along a red carpet lined with ...
Convoy of troops and camel trains along (?) Khyber Pass enters camp. CU Camels. Mules and camp activities.
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 ...
No main title. A man writes `God Save the King' on a blackboard. "Nevertheless they are exceedingly grateful and sent this mesage to England." A man sells neck rings at a market stall. "The Indian Bazaar is one of the most paying ...
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.
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 & ...