AMATEUR FILM. Recording plane journey across the Middle East region.
Aerial views of unidentified towns and countryside along the River Tigris, the town of Kut (91). The River Tigris and Baghdad, street scenes in Baghdad and a hall ...
Scenes from the lives of people in an African native tribe. A woman gathers up an animal hide and walks through a village accompanied by a child; a man herds cattle nearby. A small bird pecks at the ground amidst the cattle. A ...
Shows the achievements, aspirations. racial attitudes of colonial railway builders. Traces the journey from the Cape to Cairo by train, boat, Morris and native bearer.
INTEREST. Shots of the sea from the side of "S.S. Narkunda" (31). The bridge of the ship (65). The engine room (120). The bridge (142). Life boat drill (198). Shots of the sea from the side of the ship (212).
"KINGSTON, JAMAICA: A WONDERFUL WELCOME : EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD WHO COULD GET THERE TURNED OUT TO GREET THE PRINCE OF WALES DURING SHORT VISIT TO JAMAICA EN ROUTE TO SOUTH AMERICA" Shots of the Prince Edward's car ...
"PALESTINE: ON THE SEA THAT OUR SAVIOUR KNEW!" "Simple peasants throng shores of Sea of Galilee. Where many stories of the Gospels were enacted. To see a flying boat (Imperial Airways) land on historic waters for ...
African jungle spectacle.
Amateur film shot by Medical Officer of the Boundary Commission. Shows British Colonial Officials travelling to Somaliland via Marseilles, Malta and the Suez Canal and arrival in Berbera. Shows camel racing with the Camel Corps and the ...
?Amateur footage: scenes on deck of H.M.S. Carlisle off Tristan da Cunha; supplies rowed shore; ship's chaplain with bridal couple; ship's doctor examining islanders; sailors signalling to ship with semaphore amd morse code.
Amateur footage of scenes in Malaysia and Singapore.
The Chenderoh Dam near Taiping, on the Perak river which feeds a hydro-electric power station. Doctor Ross and a monkey on the Caledonia Estate. The operation of a rotary oil press ...
Cameron Highlanders in Southampton (79ft).
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 ...
General views of Bahrain seafront and the Arial desert. Imperial Airways airliner landing. Gypsy Moth biplane at airstrip. Pilot and taking off.
Subjects include British Political Agency staff on the waterfront at Manama; take- ...
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 with titles shot by Major John Knyvett of 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment records historic sites in Transjordan.
Tracking shot from car crossing Allenby Bridge over River Jordan. Remains of ...
Amateur film with titles shot by Major John Knyvett of 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment records biblical and modern scenes in Palestine.
Arabs at Bethany. Sea level sign on route towards Dead Sea. Wadj el ...
Home movie shot in Waziristan, on the NW Frontier of India, ca 1931.
The film follows a typical patrol by a set of scouts' platoons, carried out with the purpose of reconnoitring a road ...
Home movie shot in Waziristan, on the NW Frontier of India, ca 1931.
This film shows something of the social life associated with working on the NW Frontier. Brigadier Alston lived in a ...
Sailing boats moored in harbour. Dhows at sea off Bombay. European sea fishing trip.
4 Masted clipper ship at anchor. Empress of Britain passenger liner at anchor. Bombay Yacht Club House. The Club's members racing off the ...
England & India with the Army: Tunbridge Wells, Gibralter, Ooty, Bangalore
Production / Donor Details: Films shot Major Harry Lewis-Barned, who served in the army in India in the 1930s, and by Mr John Lewis-Barned, who ...
Bidar and Hyderabad, 1931. Colour. Men and cattle at riverside. Vultures. Village life. Landscape scenes. Oxen crossing river. Musicians. Street scenes. Army officials taking tea outside a tent. Men in street bow to passing ...
