Scenes from Basutoland.
The intertitles outline a history of Basutoland, interspersed with shots of a Bushman and a tribal leader, before showing a local village, and its 'native huts'. Aspects of local life are depicted ...
Salvation army workers among the Bhil tribesmen, caring for Burmese and Ceylonese children, and the work of the Catherine Booth Memorial Hospital. Native life and scenes in India, Burma and Ceylon.
Rl. 1. Travelling along a country ...
DOCUMENTARY. Extract showing scenes of an African native funeral, in which women dance around the seated corpse (43-162); a montage of the dancing women (191 ft).
Dramatisation of the life of the African missionary David Livingstone.
Opening with shots from Livingstone's childhood ('youth's most precious heritage - the influence of home'), the film next shows Livingstone studying medicine at ...
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 ...
King George V and Queen Mary at Wembley Stadium for Empire Day service (65ft).
The King-Emperor's horse race at Calcutta, India.
Government of India Censor Certificate (6). Main title (10). "The King Emperor's Cup Race 1925" (18). Scenes at Calcutta race track, Europeans passing the camera entering the course (102). "Scenes ...
ACTUALITY. The Governor of Bengal, Lord Lytton, inspects the Governor's Bodyguard in Calcutta.
Main title. The Governor and his party get out of a car at the inspection ground, a wide expanse of grass and trees (30). Lord Lytton mounts a horse by ...
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).
Amateur film. Waterway in Srinigar; bridge; waterfront and river traffic.
Amateur film showing a hill station above Madras and a tiger hunt. Various shots of the Togas tribe. Scenes of Port Said and Aden.
The Calcutta Cup Race, 1925; arrival of the Lyttons and of Lord Reading, Viceroy of India.
Government of India censor certificate (6). Main title (12). "The race for the Viceroy's Cup Calcutta 26 Decr: '25" (19). MS of the cup (24). "Orange ...
Scenes of traditional Indian life in the mid-1920s.
The film appears to start in Calcutta with street scenes, and views of some of the buildings, both Western and Eastern in influence. A funeral procession takes ...
Amateur film made by Viscount Hinchingbrooke on a world cruise 1924/5 from San Francisco to the Far East and India.
In August 1924 Victor Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, aged 17, and his grandmother, the Countess ...
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.
