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

1926 the tribesmen swarm into the village on foot and horseback for an Impi assembly. (cont.) The men perform a war dance and chant and engage in single combat; youths show their skill at throwing the stake; a review concludes the day's proceedings. The film concludes with shots of the Tugela irrigation works ; a native at a sluice gate, water flowing over a field, women hoeing; ploughing with donkeys and cattle crossing the Tugela River at Smit's Drift. (531ft.) Refs.: Mthly. film bull. 3 (35), November 30, 1936 p. 184 (re-issue) 1927 ("ASTURIAS" TOUR). [941] A record of a visit to South Africa by a group of American tourists during a world tour on the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's motor vessel Asturias. Places of interest visited include diamond mines in the Transvaal and Kimberley, Stellenbosch University College, the Cape of Good Hope, World's View, Matapos, the Victoria Falls, Pretoria and Durban. (2,192ft.) SWEDEN 1914 [942] The SHORES OF GOTHLAND, p.c: Sveafilms. dist.: [New Agency Film Company]. The Steeps of Stora Karlso; the coast round Hogklint; two windmills on the coast; some geese in a farmyard; rock formations on the coast; shots of the beach; the town walls and temple ruins of Visby; sunset over the sea; moonlight over the sea and coast. (352ft.) English titles. Refs.: Bioscope, 24 (403), July 2, 1914, suppl. p. xi Kine. mthly. film rec., 3 (27), July 1914, p. 148 1919 [943] LIFE IN NORWAY (*1919). ed.: [Christopher A. Radley]. dist.: Visual Education. A journey by steamer up the Hardanger Fiord. On the raised beaches, which are the only flat land in the deeply dissected plateau, fishing villages can be seen. (531ft.) English titles. Refs. : Visual Education. A catalogue of educational and cultural films. London, 1931, p. 19 (no. 555) Mthly. film bull, 2 (20), September 1935, p. 114 TENERIFFE (*1920). ed.: [Christopher A. Radley]. dist.: Visual Education. Views of Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands, showing waves breaking on the sea shore; mountain slopes covered with bread-fruit, pepper trees, palms and cactus being explored by tourists on donkeys ; a volcano ; a caravan of donkeys ; the harbour of Santa Cruz, the capital ; the plaza Constitucion ; a Christmas Festival celebrated with an open-air pageant; Port Orotava; on the coast; camels; natural grottoes in the mountainside; Spanish-style villa; banana cultivation; loading bananas at the docks; women embroidering Teneriffe clothes. (953ft.) English titles. Refs.: Mthly. film bull., 2 (20), September 1935, p. 112 Visual Education. A catalogue of educational and cultural films. London, 1931, p. 15 (no. 540) SNOWFLAKE LAND (Swedish Biograph travelogue) (*1921). p.c: SvenskaBiograf. dist.: General Film Renting (1920) Company. General views of snow-covered parklands, forests and lakes precede scenes of a Lapp reindeer farm held in Jamtland and a sleigh drive with an untamed deer. (462ft.) English titles. Den DUKTIGA EJDERHONAN (*1928). p.c.: Svensk Filmindustris Skolfilmavdelning. Eider ducks are seen on the waters of the fiord as other birds fly and scurry among the bordering reeds and grasses. A gull is seen circling overhead after prey, while a pair of ducks sit on look-out among the rocks for fear he robs their nests. A female duck is shown seated on her nest as other birds feed and preen themselves. The duck feeds her young while the gull is seen eating an egg stolen from another nest. The film ends with shots of parent ducks and young swimming on the waters while other birds fly around them. (639ft.) 130