Amateur film. Journey undertaken by George Sherriff from (?)Gilgit to Kashgar. Carriers; scenery; fording river; Kirghiz weaving; parade of soldiers; bazaar scenes; reception, feasting.

Documentary on the colony of Hong Kong.

Sheila Mary's first summer at Barang camp. Bedded down for her siesta. Watching Debtas's band. Peter the dog does a trust exercise with a biscuit on it's nose. Crossing Lingodan rickety bridge and screes. Baspa gorge. Pram and servants on road. ...

Pulley system with yaks walking downhill to pull sleepers up it. Processes in the building of a 2 mile 'wet slide' to transport the sleepers where the river is too fierce - planning the alignment, carpenters shaping the trestles, and bits of the ...

Official tour by Europeans of various irrigation installations in India

Marking and measuring trees in Wadang forest. Moving camp across rough country in Pandra Bis (very dark). Felling and sawing work in the Deodar and Pine Forests. Squaring logs before sawing. Sawing work and children playing. Fishing out large logs from ...

Compilation film of events in Arabia, autumn 1917 to spring 1918.

A portrait still of Colonel T E Lawrence. The embarkation of supplies and sheep on SS Ozarda at Port Said, the journey to Jidda, ...

Compilation film of events in Palestine, autumn 1917 to spring 1918.

2nd Battalion, the Black Watch, led by its pipe band along a desert road. "The Australian Camel Corps" (actually pack camels ...

Compilation film of views of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, late 1917 or early 1918.

Street scenes in Bethlehem, the Church of Saint Mary, the Gardens of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy ...

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

Scenes of shipping on the Suez Canal and Red Sea. A camel caravan walking along the shoreline.

RAF troops leaving for Iraq (51ft).

The Empire Premiers inspect the airship R.33 and its mooring post (96ft).

The control of hookworm disease in Kenya.

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 ...

DOCUMENTARY. Sections of footage showing African wildlife and penguins.

MCU pile of film cans, the top can is marked with Cherry Kearton's signature, a reel of film is taken from this can (14). Main title (16). Gap (16). MCU herd ...

Leopold Amery, the Colonial Secretary, and Empire premiers gathered for the Imperial Conference at 10 Downing Street (88ft).

Three brothers shoulder the blame for a theft, and join the Foreign Legion.

The Empire Premiers opn HMS 'Revenge' witness a mock battle and naval display at sea. (Mackenzie King and William Cosgrave did not attend) (149ft).

Note. There is a large amount of off-cut material for this item. ...

Amateur film of the various stages in the digging of ditches to drain subsoil to assist in malaria control

Schoolschildren celebrating Empire Day (50ft).

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

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 ...