Light aeroplanes at Heston aerodrome (75ft).
Light aeroplanes at Heston aerodrome (75ft).
Filmed in Kenya, footage of a military parade including soldiers marching and the regiment's mascot.
Troops parading. A large residence with bi-plane flying overhead and around bay.
Big game hunting in India.
Amateur film showing native dances, markets and race meetings in Nigeria.
INSTRUCTIONAL. The cultivation of sugar and coffee in Kenya
Credits (6). A man spoons brown sugar into his coffee cup (26). "Do you know that the sugar you put into your coffee cup is an Empire product? Sugar cane is a member of the ...
Fictionalised documentary of evangelist Mott Keislar and his physician wife in Lahore and how they teach and treat local people.
Personal film of Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India from the early to mid-1930s.
Brief shot of moving steam train. Indian Maharajah in finery, horses led by servants with plumed headdresses. Indians in uniform followed by European ...
Amateur film of Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia: the mine, housing for Africans and Europeans. Testing water supply.
A settler arrives at Mombasa and proceeds by lorry to his future home. The film shows his first herd of cattle, horses, and sheep, and his first harvest.
'The prospective settler lands at Mombasa' and the film then follows his ...
Fictional story filmed in the Sudan. The film tells the story of Boru, adopted into the 'Habbania' tribe after his mother is killed by a lion, who grows up with the Sheikh's son, Nikitu.
A local woman leaves her baby while collecting ...
Cinemagazine on cocoa production in Tobago.
"Photographics Present...Cocoa". A waterfall in Tobago, in the British West Indies. The history of the cocoa bean. Men knock pods from trees, women put them ...
"IN INDIA TODAY: GANDHI : STORMY PETREL OF INDIAN POLITICS; COMPLETES 'CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE' MARCH TO BREAK SALT LAWS, UNINTERFERED WITH BY AUTHORITIES" Shots of the procession, including (30-41, 56-76 & 88-98) shots of Gandhi ( ...
Empire Premiers, in Britain for the Imperial Conference witness a tank display (94ft).
Amateur film of MCC cricket tour. War memorial. Cricketers visit Rhodes memorial. Percy Chapman filming (48). Open-air dinner party for c.70 people (85). Countryside. Victoria Falls (130). Ornate huts. Waterfall (168). Memorial Falls (216 ...
Sequence showing colonial life in Allahabad; leaving Allahabad station and a journey by train and ship; more colonial lifestyle; scenes in Benares; Nicola's wedding; Lucknow races.
Production / Donor Details: The collection ...
Large social picnics for Europeans carrying on life just as though in England. Bombay waterfront from the sea. Visit by Naval gunboat. Holiday on offshore island. The very busy commercial traffic carried on by Indian ocean-going ...
Fox hunting, domestic, ceremonial and countryside.
Production / Donor Details: These cine films were shot by Gordon Loch & Eleanor Loch-Dalyell, parents of British politician Tam Dalyell, during their service in the Empire. Lt.- ...
Indian sea rocky coast. Large thatched hut with Sahib and dog. Light house with Indian on camel. Dusserah at Rewa. Prince on elelphant taking part in parade with Indain troops, mounted lancers and marching band. Military parade at ...
Camel riding. Local women drawing water from well and carrying it home. Bullock carts and their drivers. Englishman plays with his dog on seaside beach near thatched hut.
Production / Donor Details: These cine films were shot by ...
North West Frontier. Local tribesmen. Defensive town walls. Market or Bazaar outside the high walls of fortified border town. Camel carrying timber load. Race course meeting. Memsahib plays with dogs in grounds of residence.
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Holy Men/Beggars set up begging bowls watched by Mensahib. Mountain fishing expedition by Memsahib and Sahib. Donkey carrying large paddle like load. Large group of standing Sahibs hold planning meeting in mountains.
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Bird shooting with large mixed British party and Indian retainers in flat country side. Display of kill. Shooters take a drink break. Close scrutiny of members of party. Steam rig drilling for oil in countryside near shooting party. ...
Ahmadzar (North West Frontier?): Constuction of Dam by labouring gangs. Bullock teams and labourers. British man and woman on site. Band of local musicians.
Production / Donor Details: These cine films were shot by Gordon Loch & ...