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 ...

No main title. "Messrs. J. Walkden's Store" (3). LS of the store, name clearly seen, a European man stands outside, a group of Africans (Hausa) leave the store (17). "Messrs. Christian's Stre" (20). Two Europeans walk down a path from the ...

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 ...

Main title. "King and Queen escort Ferdinand and Queen Marie through Britain's Dominions at Wembley". Garlands of Welcome at the Indian Pavilion.". A distant shot of the visitors (44). "At Queen Victoria's Memorial". A closer view of the ...

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 ...

Footage of local life in Southern Nigeria.

INTEREST. Scenes of African life in the Congo.

Main title (5). A mother sitting on the ground and surrounded by baskets tends her baby. She has decorative scarring on her back (41). CU of man's head with scarring on the forehead ...

Amateur film of New Delhi. Street scenes. Fountains. Show jumping and horse artillery on parade. AV from a plane. Interior of plane. Personal film of children on ski-ing slopes and playing in wood. Cricket at Batyana High School.

Travelogue. Scenes in Northern Nigeria. A compilation of footage taken from other films (see note at end of synopsis).

No titles. Africans (Fulani?) dancing in a close circular group carrying clubs and wearing skins (16). A large ...

Production footage for a film about a journey down the River Niger, Africa.

No titles. LS man scaling down a palm tree (30). Africans working in a vegetable plot (33). Closer view of man in plam tree (44). HAS of compound yard; ...

A journey along the West African coast to Lagos and scenes in Lagos.

No main title. "At sunrise we arrive off Freetown, Sierra Leone..." (12). Sunrise (14). Africans swimming from canoes (33). "Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone ...

A series of shots of the Niger Company's, J. Walkden's and W.B. McIver's buildings in Nigeria, usually consisting of a shot of the building exterior, clearly marked, with Africans entering and leaving the buildings.

"The Niger ...

INTEREST. Travelogue. A journey through Egypt on a Nile steamboat. The boat passes all types of rivercraft (120), stretches of dense vegetation (160), birds (181), a water-buffalo (196) and a typical water-side village (257). The boat ...

A drama of tribal life in Central Africa.

'Nionga, a chieftain's daughter, is induced by a vindictive witch-doctor to persuade her betrothed lover, Kasari, to plot the destruction of a neighbouring tribe. During the wedding ...

Travelgoue. Scenes in Peshawar, the village of Kabla, the Khyber Pass and Lundi Kotal.

Map of the world, CU of the position of India (48-78). A town (84). Map showing Afghanistan and the North West Frontier province (105-134). Pan ...

Travelogue of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria, highlighting the contrast between old and new methods. The film shows the development of the railways, bridges and modern machinery, while also showing the traditional methods of local ...

Film on local life in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, in particular the Konkomba country.

After briefly outlining the history of the Northern Territories, the film shows the installation of a new chief in ...

The life of the people of the Naga Hills, Assam, including sports activities and tribal ceremonies, presented within a fictional framework.

Rl. 1. Map showing location of Naga Hills (37). The chief and some young men of Kiyesha, a Sema village, ...

Main Title. "THE IRREPRESSIBLE MR LEVINE, AMERICA'S MILLIONAIRE AMATEUR AIRMAN 'TAKES OFF' FROM CRANWELL WITH BRITISH PILOT - CAPT HINCHCLIFFE". Close shots of the pilot and passenger; shots of the aeroplane taking off and ...

First section of a floating dock leaves Newcastle for Singapore (44ft).

Scenes from the visit of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward, Duke of Windsor) to Africa in 1925. The film charts the Prince's journey from Kumasi to Accra, before showing ...

Scenes from the visit of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward, Duke of Windsor) to South Africa, May 1925.

Main title and credits (33). MS Prince of Wales amongst a crowd ...

How oil palm is produced in Nigeria.

The film opens with a map and a shot of a local plantation, as the intertitles provide facts about the palms. Africans are shown climbing the trees - 'the natives climb the palms by ...

INTEREST. Travelogue of Uganda around the Semliki river.

Main title: "This chapter being `ON THE EQUATOR'" (5). Credit and intertitle (29). LS of bush, mountains in background and bird sitting on tree branch (31). LS of bull elephant ...

A broad look at African life and missionary work, contrasting old and new ways and Europeans and native Africans.

A ruined planter makes good in Australia and returns in time to save his fiancée from a nunnery.

Lord Allenby, High Commissioner for Egypt, returns for conference. Filmed with his mother (34ft).

The opening ceremony of Takoradi harbour by the Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas on 3rd April 1928. Mr Thomas and the Governor, Sir Ransford Slater talk to Gold Coast chiefs. Others present are Lady Slater, Sir Robert McAlpine, Sir Joseph Byrne, and ...

TRAVELOGUE. Item from a cinemagazine showing waterways in San Chiao-pu, China - views of house-lined waterways (64); the nearby resort of Mokan-shan (103); and Burmese dancers and musicians performing before a temple (142ft).

The Calcutta seaplane presents herself at Westminster for MPs inspection.

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 ...

This is described as "The Official film record of the pilgrimage of HRH the Prince of Wales to the far east from Portsmouth; via Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon, Malay States, and Hong Kong to the Land of the Sun". Also visited are Manila, Brunei, and Cairo ...

A detailed look at rice cultivation in Burma.

Prince Henry in Hyde Park for Empire Day celebrations (52ft).

Filmed amongst the Sura and Angas people of the Bauchi Plateau in Northern Nigeria, where the rivalry between a British District Officer and a tin miner leads to war.

The film introduces the main protagonists. Yilkuba, the witch ...

A travelogue showing Acre, the river Jordan, the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, Jericho, Bethlehem and Hebron.

INDUSTRIAL. The collection and manufacture of palm nuts and palm oil; travelling shots along the River Niger and its tributaries; and rubber plantations in Nigeria.

Main title (6). Cutting down the palm fruit (24-43); stripping the ...

Newsreel item on the return of a Fairey Long Range Monoplane to Cranwell, completing its flight to India and back, 15th June 1929.

The aircraft comes in to land at Cranwell and taxies to a halt. The crew members, ...

This film is a record of two trips by the director to the Torres Strait Islands, and to Papua in 1920-21 and 1922-23.

Amateur footage of a polo match at Patna and a leopard hunt. View of elephants with hunters in howdahs. Line of beaters and the elephants surrounding the leopard. The dead leopard. The group at the end of the shoot.

Travelogue showing the people and buildings of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

The initial title explains that 'this capital city of the most southern West Indian island is an extremely interesting ...

Story of Prince Gautama and how he became Lord Buddha, the Enlightened One.

"INCIDENTS DURING HIS VISIT TO FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE". Two shots of official ceremonies during which the Prince is not seen recognisably. "CHOCOLATE GIRL GUIDES". African girl guides and the Prince talking to their leader. " ...

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 ...

The Prince of Wales at the town of Suva, Fiji. Filmed by Barker.

Life in an agricultural village in the Punjab and the daily round.

Amateur film. Europeans and Indians at Puri, India.