Si-Mohammed-Ben-Moktar sending out invites to great falcon hunt.
Si-Mohammed-Ben-Moktar sending out invites to great falcon hunt.
INTEREST. Kandy, Sri Lanka: a temple set in trees. Pans left to right (69). A gateway with a small boy sweeping the steps. Elephants are carved either side of the entrance (87). People praying towards stars painted on the walls of the temple (124 ...
INTEREST. Section of a travelogue of a North African country.
Pan of a crowded market-place in a North African town, showing donkeys and many people carrying baskets (32). Static shot of the same scene (47). Pan of buildings, including ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. A railway journey in Northern Tanzania (?) and waterfalls on the River Pangani.
No main title. Filmed from the front of a moving train; train passes Africans (21). Back view of train as coal is loaded by Africans ...
No main title. Lord Frederick Roberts passes in an open carriage. He reviews the veterans of the Boer War (46ft).
Drama. Historical. The child of a sepoy is dangerously ill. Despite her husband's prejudices, the sepoy's wife goes to the regimental doctor for assistance. He cures the child and earns her gratitude. The sepoy, however, is filled with indignation ...
INTEREST. A short procession of Indian men and women pass in front of the camera. The men are in the front of the procession carrying flags. The women follow. Four women carry a canopy under which a fifth walks. Behind them, a small child is ...
INTEREST. Travelogue.
Main title. A native family is seen emerging one after another from a mud hut that has a thatched conical roof (4-35); men and boys attend to their cattle and lead them out to pasture (42-131); a boy milks a cow (158). ...
INTEREST. Indian elephants at work hauling timber.
An elephant team pushes its way through a thicket (20). Natives fell and trim a tree, supervised by a European (81). Elephant team hauls a large tree trunk, urged on by the handlers; an ...
Interest. Rural and town scenes of Ceylon.
No Titles. Busy street scene (5). A group of people, including women and girls, mend a road using pick-axes (31). MS two men squatting on the ground, one is having a shave and his moustache ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. The gathering of coconuts and transport by river; the preparation of copra and the sale of coconut oil.
The beautiful slender palm often reaches 75 feet in height. Shots of native boys shaking the nuts down and ...
Travelogue. A view of the Zambezi from the banks (6-14); a boat embarks from the shore (36); and canoes on the river, seen from its banks, come into land (80ft). Incomplete.
Harvesting and canning of pineapples in Singapore.
Chinese locals work in the pineapple fields. A man, shot from below, cuts the stem of a pineapple and loads it into the large basket on his back. Another man trims the leaves off a pineapple with ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. Scenes in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Main title (5). LS down a street, pan right (20). A road in a temple complex (?) (32). LS down a street with two-storey houses on either side (43). Three men followed by a man carrying a box ...
Pathe film of Singapore. The film includes waterfront scenes, and scenes in the centre of Singapore. It also shows the Chinese and Malay quarters.
INTEREST. Travelogue. Scenes in India.
No main title. Travelling shot from front of a tram of street scenes in Calcutta (?) (21). "LE PORT" (24). Indians at work digging near a river (46); native boats in port, larger merchant ships and port ...
The people and animals of Ceylon.
A title introduces 'Cinghalese Natives' before showing local women carrying baskets towards the camera. They are followed by men with an ox-drawn carriage. A local poses for the camera in front of a tree. This ...