Mahatma Gandhi's funeral and refugees.

Gandhi's funeral procession, mourners dressed in white. A man at the front of the procession appears to be annoyed at the camera being there. ...

Two Indian servants hold ceremonial swords. Close-ups of the handles of the swords. The monogram MB appears on the servants' outfits. Shots of silver and gold goods and a decorative casket on display.

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Cars arrive at Government House, New Delhi. People gathered on the steps outside. Cars depart, crowds at the roadside. Mounted guards in a line outside Government House, Lord Mountbatten?, only just visible behind them, ...

St Paul's cathedral, Calcutta. An Indian man and woman and three British children walk through the cathedral gate towards the camera. Three Indian men pose in front of a door, they walk away to reveal a brass sign ' ...

Tribeswoman with baby on her back, hut on top of steep hillside. Villagers (the Puroiks (Sulungs)? in Assam), cockerel, exotic flowers, leaf insect, green snake, cutting trees, building hut, fire, cutting logs, making ...

Wide shot of bands marching onto parade ground. Bodyguard, Mountbatten as Viceroy at Government House. Horseman performing musical ride. Government officials with Mountbatten, gardens, fountains, man directing ...

A British officer stands in front of a wall map, points to mid-Atlantic then India. Focus in on India. Indian military bands and troops march in the grounds of Government House, Delhi. Close-up of a mounted British ...

Still shots of the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta. Street scenes. Close-up of a holy man (fakir?), and a small shrine next to him. More street scenes, beggars. Close-up of feet treading clay. A man sculpting a figure. ...

Reel 1: Scenes on board Empress of Australia on final stretch of voyage home from Bombay to Liverpool. Tug-of-war for soldiers on deck. Passing through Suez Canal to Port Said, passing military camp on port side. Official welcome on Liverpool ...

Mrs Layard out horseriding with servant and Mr Layard. Domestic outdoor scenes with 2 daughters. New Delhi: Kingsway and Viceroy's House. Landau in official procession with escort of troop of lancers. Family domestic scenes with ...

Films contain good colour footage of Capt. and Mrs. Crane's daily lives as an army couple at the end of the Raj.

Comprehensive pictures of the history of tea.

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include CANADIAN SEA CADETS VISIT H.M.S. VICTORY WHITEHAVEN DISASTER NEW DOMINIONS JOIN COMMONWEALTH SPECTACLE IN BERLIN

Amateur film by the Maharajah of Jodhpur: tours through his domain, and the funeral of a Maharajah.

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

A fishing trip by canoe on the River Barak (?): Indian porters on a bridge, scenes from the canoe (38). A European in shorts and topi stand by a fish held up by an ...

Includes: the signing of Burmese independence at No. 10 Downing Street.

Contains the items: Final Touches to Aintree Course Jet Power for Campbell's Speed Bid Amritsar's Ruins Mountbatten Leaves for India Australia's New Governor General Great Basuto Trek to Salute Royal Family

Palestine and its modern political problems: case of the Arabs and the Jews. This Modern Age series no.6.

Documentary of post war refugees in their own land in Palestine.

Amateur film by the Maharajah of Jodhpur: cadets exercising, Movietone film of the 1937 Coronation of George VI..

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include 1947 AND AFTER

Includes: the funerals of British soldiers, Sergeants Pace and Martin, in Ramich, killed by terrorist acts; speech by Winston Churchill to the Conservative party at Blenheim Palace.

Includes item on the Conference on Pakistan held in New Delhi.

Includes an item on the Independence movement in Hanoi; Jewish terrorist acts in Palestine.