Java Tour; Christmas 1929; Batavia to Soerabaya en Voiture

This amateur film with intertitles charts the motor holiday of a British couple to the Indonesian island of Jawa (Java). Whilst there they film the people, the landscape and excursions with other Europeans.

A Cremation Bali

This edited and titled film shows a traditional Balinese cremation ceremony. Every aspect of the ceremony is shown in detail (with descriptive intertitles) from the extensive preparations to the final stage where the ashes are taken out to sea.

[A Visit to Java, Bali and Sumatra, Angkor Wat and Bangkok]

An amateur film-maker records his journeys around South East Asia, capturing on film the indigenous peoples, temples, dances, and landscape. The film contains the only known pre-war colour footage of some of the most renowned Balinese dancers, including I Ketut Marya (Mario).

[Family Holiday in Asia]

Lengthy home movie footage of a motoring holiday through Asia. The film-maker records their travels, filming the holidaymakers relaxing in the grounds of their hotels, swimming and playing golf, driving through the Indonesian countryside, and going on excursions to beaches and a nature reserve.