India. (1926?1946?) British man pouring tea by the roadside from a flask, then climbing onto a horse and off trekking, many locals carrying sacks following through hills and villages. British woman on a horse, side-saddle (44) (c1932) On hunt through ...

1930s Sikkim, Bhutan & Tibet Gyantse Film.

23 reels of 16mm on 1 DVD.

Reel 1. April - Aug 1931, in an around Gantok residency. 10.04 2. Gyantse and west Tibet. 11.20 3. Gantok residency in Sikkim, 1931-2. 4. Ha and Paro ...

22 reels of footage short by Mark Tully and his sisters in India from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s. Footage includes numerous scenes of leisure (golf), family footage, and film taken in locations including Sikkim, Calcutta, and Puri. ...

Travelogue films showing indigenous life in the interwar period, filmed by the British traveller, linguist, spy and author Reginald Teague Jones OBE, who changed his name to Sinclair after his alleged involvement in the ...

The film shows Indian towns and villages, and highlights the production of silk, wheat, rice, sugar and jute.

The film opens with a map of India, which a title introduces as the 'land of Mosques and Temples' and as the 'land of ...

The building of the Nilgiris and Mettur Dam.

Car Journey from Rawpindi to Bombay. Views of Indore, Tapeti ferry crossing, Nasik, Beach Candy, Lido resort, swimming lessons for the baby. Young boy soldiers marching along wintery English lane. Large family reunion in England ...

Indian festival of Banpati at Chowpatty, Bombay. Street processions with images of gods carried aloft. Riverside crowds entering waters. Committal of the images to the sea. Crowds celebrating in the sea with the images. 'The Coconut ...

Shots with captions of: the Khyber Pass; Fort Jamrud; Shaghai Fort; Ali Masjid Gaugle; Supply depot at Landikotal & Fort; Gorge & mountain roads; railway and scenery; Afghan Boarder Post; operations against the Afridis; the Army ...

AMATEUR FILM. Recording plane journey from Calcutta to the Persian Gulf.

The arrival of a Dutch Air Mail plane in Calcutta (21). Plane refueling (47). Aerial views and Indians gathered around plane (61). Arrival of plane at Jodhpor, people ...

Amateur film of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

1: Delhi Horse Show , 1929.

2: New Zealand bush shots.

3: Simla: monkeys and beagling, 1931(?).

4: Simla: dead panther and moving house, 1931.

5: Simla: Scenes in the snow, 1931.

Production / Donor ...

The sports parade of the 2nd and 10th Gurkha Rifles regiment and scenes of animal sacrifice at Shillong, Assam.

Medical missionary Ronald Carpenter's journey on the 1st steamer from Southampton to Bombay.

Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter. Includes footage of Bible Churchman's Missionary Society's (B.C.M.S.) hospital in Kachwa where he worked: shots of hospital exterior; steam roller; cataracts surgery; potters wheel; ...

Promotional film for Henry Morgan & Co. Ltd. department store Montreal, Canada. Looks at carpet making in the village of Khamari in Khalapur, India. Includes footage of dying, weaving, ceremonial dancing, winding and setting warp threads, ...

Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter in Kashmir. Includes footage of Mr and Mrs Carpenter holidaying in Kashmir; snow polo; sheep shearing; cutting cane; washing clothes; children at open-air school; brick making; ...

Amateur footage: Shillong races, golf, picnics (attended by Lord and Lady Willingdon) and market scenes.

Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter. Includes footage of people working in Mirzapur City and District; general street scenes; Bible Churchman's Missionary Society (B.C.M.S.) wedding between Mr and Mrs Garrood; bathing ...

Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter showing the work of the Bible Churchman's Missionary Society's (B.C.M.S.) mission in Kachwa: surgical operations; treating a horse; patients being transported in ricksaws; nurses in ...

Colombo harbour. Dedication of War Memorial Arch/Monument in Delhi.

Air show display at Delhi. Ascot Racemeeting. Small children enjoy life on Doresetshire farm. Troops road marching at Sandhurst. Carthorse on Dorset farm. ...

Montage of life in Simla. Colonial English life in a hill station resort which was the summer residence of The Viceroy.

Production / Donor Details: The collection of films was shot by Major General William Clavering Hartgill ...

Society English wedding in India. Bride's family, in garden receive newspaper with notice of wedding & celebrate. Large number of European wedding guests arrive outside Bombay Anglican church. Inside church - the wedding ceremony. ...

Col Peyton's car journey from Bombay. Crossing Tapati river by rickety wooden ferry. Tours of Agra, Idmad Ad Davlehs Tomb. Fatehpur. Sikri. Akbar's deserted city. Boys diving and swimming in pool at ruined building. Tour of Akbar's ...