National Film Archive catalogue, part II : silent non-fiction films 1895-1934 (1960)

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1924 ashes and ultimately being destroyed by a flow of lava. How some volcano (cont.) eruptions begin is then demonstrated on a model and the film concludes with a final shot of an active volcano crater. (708ft.) Refs.: Bioscope, 58 (901), January 17, 1924, p. 39 [590] (FRIESE-GREENE COLOUR FILM), p.c. Claude Friese-Greene. ph. : Claude Friese-Green. dist.: Spectrum Films. A film used to demonstrate a natural colour process invented by William Friese-Greene, one of the pioneers of cinematography. The film opens with a medium close shot of William Friese-Greene admiring a bowl of roses, followed by shots of women in gypsy costume and a man in a comic hat. Views follow of the Brecon Beacons, Merthyr Mawr, Porthcawl, Mountain Ash valley, Cardiff docks, Cardiff Castle and the peacocks in the grounds. (834ft.) ite/s.:Bioscope, 59 (912), April 2, 1924, p. 35; 59 (917), May 8, 1924, p. 32 Friese-Greene, Claude. Colour cinematography by photographic impression. Bioscope, 57 (1020), April 29, 1926, suppl. p. iii Kine. wkly., 86 (885), April 3, 1924, p. 53 The GREAT WHITE SILENCE, p.: Herbert G[eorge] Pohting. [591] The 1924 re-issue of the film record of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13 under the leadership of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, R.N. Apart from the activities of the expedition the film records animal and bird life in the Antarctic including Skua gulls, Weddell seals, killer whales and Adelie penguins. Following the establishment of base headquarters, the film shows sixteen members of the expedition starting on the polar journey, eleven acting as supporting parties, with supplies for the five who would attempt to reach the Pole. The last part of the film consists of various diagrams and maps tracing the return route interposed with quotations from Scott's journal, Dolman's picture of that "very gallant gentleman" and stills of the ill-fated members of the party. Members of the expedition appearing in the film include Captain R. F. Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Edgar Evans, Lawrence Oates, Herbert Ponting. (7,086ft.) Refs.: Bioscope, 11 (239), May 11, 1911, p. 235; 13 (267), November 23, 1911, p. 583; 16 (306), August 22, 1912, p. 545; 59 (918), May 15, 1924, p. 51 Kine. wkly., 73 (828), March 8, 1923, p. 77; 86 (887), April 17, 1924, p. 63; 87 (890), May 8, 1924, p. 60 [592] The IMPERIAL AIRWAY; the work of the British airways, sp.: Air Ministry. p.c. : Pathe Freres. A record of a continental flight and activities at Croydon aerodrome showing how a regular air service operates. Shows how meteorological information is obtained, radio communications with aircraft, and night flying. (1,397ft.) [593] KNOWN LONDON (Wonderful London series), p.c: Graham Wilcox Films. d. : Harry B. Parkinson and Frank Miller. The more familiar streets and buildings of London. The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange; Cheapside; High Holborn and the old houses of Staple Inn; the British Museum; Marble Arch; Hyde Park Corner; the Serpentine; the Albert Memorial and the Albert Hall; Bond Street and Piccadilly Circus; the National Gallery; Nelson's Column; the Strand; Fleet Street; Ludgate Hill and St. Paul's; the Embankment; the Houses of Parliament; Westminster Abbey; Buckingham Palace; Whitehall. The ceremony of Trooping the Colour on the King's birthday. (748ft.) Refs.: Kine. wkly., 86 (886), April 10, 1924, p. 60 [594] LONDON BY NIGHT (Wonderful London series), p.c. : Graham Wilcox Films d. : Harry B. Parkinson and Frank Miller. The London Pavilion from across the road; another street scene in the West End; Lyons Corner House; looking across Leicester Square towards the Hippodrome; Piccadilly Circus looking towards Glasshouse Street; Daly's Theatre; repeat shot of Lyons Corner House ; a line of cars parked at the kerb ; a man leaving a car and entering a night club ; a dancing act in a night club ; a tramp on a public bench; a male dancer in the night club; a woman entering the night club; at the 76