INTEREST. Scenes from the Far East.
Crowds of native people at a quayside passing items from hand to hand to load a steamer (54). A freighter (101). [Titles describing a buffalo herd, no picture]. Waves crashing against a rocky ...
INTEREST. The growing, collection and processing of tea in Ceylon.
No main title. Tea bushes planted out by natives under European supervision (70). LS of native collecting the leaves (113). CU of a woman picking tea leaves (137). Workers, ...
Travelogue of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
I. "News from Ceylon." Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon, and Sir Henry Turnbull, Officer in Command, are escorted by elephants when they visit an ancient Buddhist temple at Kelaniya. Monks watch the procession. The Admiral ...
Personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force arrive by air at an RAF airfield in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Distant shot of RAF Douglas Dakota ...
Reel 1: Two airwomen sunbathing in a garden. Two women in civilian clothes sitting on a gate. A woman mounts a horse and goes riding. Airwomen outside their billet. Women ...
Seventh film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This episode shows the war in the Far East, indicating Japan's growing involvement and strength.
The film shows that ...
START 00:00:00 Monochrome views of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon filmed in late 1939, showing a French light cruiser identified by Blundell as the Duguay-Trouin at anchor off Hong Kong harbour and the elderly Canadian Pacific passenger liner RMS ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George VI.
The King is "a symbol of unity" who links the Empire in "geography, history and destiny" and also an ...
