Other titles:AMATEUR FILM OF TRAVELS THROUGH INDIA, CEYLON AND HONG KONG BY COLONEL S MONTAGU CLEEVE [Alternative Title]
Summary: Tourist scenes of Ceylon.
Description: "CEYLON" - Title superimposed over a map of Ceylon.
Arriving at Colombo harbour on the P&O Strathallan. Hindu temple in Sea Street. Flagstaff Building [Built by Cleeve's father]. Man fishing. Tea party. Council chambers. Number one Flagstaff Street [where Cleeve's family lived in 1900]. River Negombo? Fishing and drying sails. Buddhist monks. Elephants in the street. A man doing tricks with an elephant. Scenes of Kandy. Lady Horton's drive. Views of the lake. A silversmith making a cigarette case for Col. Cleeve. Views from the mountain railway to Nuwara Eliya. Tea plantations at Helbodde? Tea gatherers with baskets on backs. Arum lilies. Flowers in a botanical garden.
The film ends with a map of Ceylon.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM OF TRAVELS THROUGH INDIA, CEYLON AND HONG KONG BY COLONEL S MONTAGU CLEEVE [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 317-8
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1938
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Cleeve, Stewart Montagu1894-10-201993-01-05 (Production individual)
Christian Statesmanship (Production company)
McCleeve, S (Production individual)
Chelsea Colour Films (Production company)
Kirkpatrick, Philip (Production individual)
Phillips, Frank19011980 (Production cast)
