ACTUALITY. Indians gathering honey from trees.
L.S. man in top branches of a tree lowering a basket of honey to the ground (16). An Indian, at the foot of the tree, throws a rope into the branches. The honey gatherer climbs up the ...
Amateur film. Manipuri sword dance; old maharajah's palace; Bone ceremony; Rathjatra procession.
Life in a town in Rajputana is shown, with shots of temples, markets, busy streets and means of transport. Closing with a sequence of the interest taken by the people of their ruler.
Indian boy sees the dance of the Elephants.
Amateur film of a climbing party in Kashmir.
Team of men with packs walking through mountain pass (11). Snow and mountains, climbing party walking through snow (44). Camp and porters (55). Porters weighing a sheep (62). Cooking a ...
INTEREST. "New Government House - Darjeeling. In Government House grounds". A carriage comes along the drive, escorted by natives. Two women get out of the carriage. The two women and a man talk on the balcony (28). "His Excellency ...
Documentary on life in a desert town.
AMATEUR. A rally of Girl Guides attended by Olave Baden-Powell in Hyderabad.
AMATEUR. Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.
Camel race and general views of people and animals (35). Elephants (46). People (53). A food stall (58). Street scene showing stalls and buildings (82). ...
INTEREST. "Darjeeling - summer seat of the Bengal government". A shot of the hill road to Darjeeling. Natives herd sheep. Other natives are dragging a roller along (14). More sheep by the side of the railway track (21). A car, with a ...
Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.
The town of Darjeeling, showing its life and work. Re-edited material from DARJEELING (Secrets of India series).
Censor certificate (18). Main and series title and credit (50). A map of India, Darjeeling is shown ...
Amateur film. The tobacco industry in Andhra Pradesh, particularly at Chirala, about 200 miles north of Madras on the east coast. Possibly shot by an H.D.Wills employee.
"Views from trains and car": countryside and villages. "Tobacco ...
Amateur film of the 7th Gurkha Rifles on the Kojak Pass and Afghan Frontier near Chaman, officers and wives competing in the point-to-point meeting at Quetta, pipes and drums and bandsmen outside the Gurkha Mess at Quetta, Company Training Camp on ...
Amateur footage of Kashmir, film includes shots of flora, fauna and the Pir Panjal mountains. RM 2565
Life on a road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
Main title and credits (48). Bullock and camel carts on a country road in India (124). Travelling shot from road of Muslim hermitage. Ground view -The hermitage ...
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythology associated with them.
Three holy men sitting on a raised stone platform n front of a large temple. Shots of the temple buildings, showing carvings (98). Priest tolling a bell (103 ...
The lives and customes of the Hindus of India, based on a book by Father Lhande.
Melodrama in which an independent Indian state revolts and is subdued by British troops.
The Drum takes place in the fictional town of Tokot, situated on the border of the contentious frontier province of Afghanistan. ... Travelogue of Delhi.
Main title and credits. Map of India, which zooms in on Delhi. Fade to view of plains near Delhi. Panning movement towards ruins. Commentary talks of the successive cities of Delhi. Tomb of Nasiruddin Muhammad ...
Amateur film shot by Captain Paddy O'Neill of the Indian Medical Service, Indian Army, while attached to the Federated Malay States from November 1934 to January 1938, records scenes in Officers' Mess, battalion entraining for Kuala Lumpur, Palace of ...
Amateur film of the 7th Gurkha Rifles mounting guard outside the Viceregal Lodge in Simla on 7 October 1938. The Viceroy inspects the detachment of Gurkhas, who play pipes then march past.
Notes
Summary based on viewing and writing by A V ...
AMATEUR. Amateur film of Sir Conrad Corfield and family and of colonial life in India.
Childrens school in England. House in Delhi at 1,King Edward Road. Gwalior residency - garden and swimming pool. Jaipur, March 1938. River crossing. The ...
The use of elephants in British India as working animals and in hunting.
Indian village life including a Brahmin initiation ceremony and a Hindu wedding.
Peasant life in a village in Rajputana. Early morning in the village; worshippers enter a Hindu temple as a gong is sounded (155). The village well; peasants, though ...
Amateur film. Funeral procession of 5th Baron Brabourne, Governor of Bengal 1937-9, in Calcutta in 1939.
Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling, GUNGA DIN is a fictional tale set in British India during the Thuggee uprising.
INTEREST. Credits (49), hut on stilts from which tribesmen keep guard over their crops (82), dead neelgai shot by the tribesman (87), close-up of a Gond tribesman with axe and spear (92), items such as opium, amulet, pipes which the tribesman ...
The film celebrates the operations of the Bata shoe company highlighting, in particular, the welfare provided for its workers at its specially-built industrial town of Batanagar.
The film’s opening ...
Ship's voyage from Aden, through the Suez Canal to Egypt. Street traders and traders seeking business from the ship. Snake charmer with Cobra snake. Also canal and street scenes in busy small town in Southern India.
Production / ...
START 00:00:00 Views filmed inside a drydock (probably the one at Whampoa Dock from 21 to 24 October 1939) showing the starboard side of HMS Kent during dockyard repairs; clearly visible are the draught marks in Latin numerals painted on the bow ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkinson of the Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley Rifles), Indian Army while serving on the North-West Frontier of India.
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant David Heber-Percy while serving on HMS Colombo (1933-1935) of shore scenes in the Ceylon (?), Muscat, East Africa, India and Burma, the Seychelles and while serving on HMS Ilex (1937-1939) ...
Depicts medical work of the London Missionary Society at Jianganj, specifically at the new hospital built by the Society to serve the Murshidabad district of Bengal. Mission staff featured include Dr. Beryl Bowering and Dr. Oliver Newell.
A welcoming committee of dignitaries for the arrival of a train. A procession through the streets with elephants. The groom (?) in a limousine with a mounted escort. View from upstairs window. CU of elephants. Pan of horses and attendants. English and ...
Designed to illustrate the importance of child welfare in missionary work. Children in Palestine, India, Africa, China and Japan, and some blind children are shown.
Scenes of an Indian Durbar.
A dramatised reconstruction. Venkata Rao, a caste man, becomes a Christian (renamed Paul) despite his family's opposition, and persecution. He is ordained and despite being beaten by villagers he wins over his family who themselves are ...
Documentary on life in the Indian Air Force (IAF) culminates with a plea to Indian audience for more and better planes for the IAF.
At the headquarters of the Indian Air Force in the Punjab, Hawker Harts of 1 ...
Second reel only of a short admonitory official film with an anti-rumour or anti-gossip message. It tells the story of a Bombay stockbroker who sells his shares and evacuates the city because of false rumours of aerial ...
Film showing what happens when a boy joins the Royal Indian Navy.
Footage of India's coastline is used as an introduction. Indian boys arriving to join the Navy are shown next, and the film chooses one of them to ...
START 00:00:00 Scenes filmed from 28 to 30 April 1940 in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean showing at least three giant sea turtles caught for food by the crew of HMS Kent and the waterfront at Male', the main population centre in the island group, ...
Amateur film shot by C R Miskin while serving with the Tochi Scouts on the North West Frontier of India.
Notes
Summary: viewing notes made with C R Miskin in Acquisition file
Amateur film shot by C R Miskin while serving with the Tochi Scouts on the North West Frontier of India.
Notes
Summary: viewing notes made with C R Miskin in Acquisition file
Amateur film shot by C R Miskin while serving with the Tochi Scouts on the North West Frontier of India.
Notes
Summary: viewing notes made with C R Miskin in Acquisition file
The film opens with a sunrise shot, followed by scenes in Le Touquet, probably 1938, with shots of a large open-air swimming pool and Aero-plages (sand-yachts) on the beach. Scenes from the Grandes Fte de Fleurs in Le Touquet including a group of young ...
