Members of the Rafai Fakir sect of Hyderabad perform rituals: dislocation of eyeball, skewering of neck, cheeks, skull and tongue.
Members of the Rafai Fakir sect of Hyderabad perform rituals: dislocation of eyeball, skewering of neck, cheeks, skull and tongue.
Amateur footage of scenes in Madras; Viceroy's residence, Thousand Lights bazaar, trooping the colour.
Rafai Fakirs demonstrate their rites in the gardens of Hunt's bungalow.
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, ...
INTEREST: Travelogue. Map (44); views of Baghdad from the river, with crowds crossing Maude Bridge, which is laid across floating boats (108); statue of General Maude (127); views of the river Tigris (150); a 'guffah' or tub ...
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 ...
A journey by car and camel, through Persia and on to Quetta in Baluchistan.
Camel caravan (57-68). Man leading mules (71-75). An Englishman setting off for the `back door' of India by car (85-101). Kermanshah, the first ...
Khyber Pass: Mule train/camel train/outpost (125). Kashmir: Dal lake (near Srinagar). Agra: cattle market, Taj Mahal, market scenes, Red Fort (240 feet).
INTEREST - Travelogue. The film opens with a shot of two men in the Punjab stacking sheaves of wheat (58-70); a farmer sets off to market (81-100); Rawal Pindi from a distance (104-120); firewood cutters loading up wood for ...
Amateur film showing the Horse Artillery and Sir Hugh Stephenson, Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Scenes include; a polo match, probably the Prince of Wales' Cup; Red Fort at Delhi; Delhi and Patna horse shows, carriages, street scenes near ...
The official tour of Mr. Amery through South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada between July 1927 and February 1928.
Empire Day celebrations - children salute the Union Flag.