Lot 34
A large quantity of 16mm film from Sir Basil Gould and a quantity of film related correspondence.
4 June 2025, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£500 - £800
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A large quantity of 16mm film from Sir Basil Gould and a quantity of film related correspondence.
15 x 16mm Kodachrome Cine film reels and boxes. Labelled:
* "Lhasa Nov" 1
* "Bhutan Phari Group" 2
* "Shigatse" 3
* "Proc'n to Potala" 4
* "DL Proc'n cuts" 5
"Cuts Ha, Bhutan"
"Cuts Yandrock Tso"
"Basrah, Viceroy's Home"
"B W Cuts not seen"
"Cuts"
"Kilda"
"Cuts"
3 x unlabelled
8 x larger 16mm reels and tins. Labelled:
* "Lhasa 1940 cuts"
* "Tibet colour II, miscellaneous Lhasa scenes"
* "Lhasa Gould 3"
"Sikkim Colour Film"
"Bhutan 12II Cuts"
Four other cartons: "Gould 7 (Kenya 1)", "8 (Kenya 2)", "11 (BW Skiing)", "Gould (Kingairloch)" & "Gould 8 (?)".
2 x 14,000 ft reels of 16mm film. Labelled:
"Yatung, Phari, Bhutan, Lhasa, 1939"
"Poto's (?) Reel 1"
Correspondence from Sir Eric Miéville (private secretary) to Sir Basil making arrangements for Gould's films (that had previously been shown at the RGS) to have a private screening at Balmoral Castle to Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in August 1937 and a large quantity of other film related correspondence.
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* "Lhasa Nov" 1
* "Bhutan Phari Group" 2
* "Shigatse" 3
* "Proc'n to Potala" 4
* "DL Proc'n cuts" 5
"Cuts Ha, Bhutan"
"Cuts Yandrock Tso"
"Basrah, Viceroy's Home"
"B W Cuts not seen"
"Cuts"
"Kilda"
"Cuts"
3 x unlabelled
8 x larger 16mm reels and tins. Labelled:
* "Lhasa 1940 cuts"
* "Tibet colour II, miscellaneous Lhasa scenes"
* "Lhasa Gould 3"
"Sikkim Colour Film"
"Bhutan 12II Cuts"
Four other cartons: "Gould 7 (Kenya 1)", "8 (Kenya 2)", "11 (BW Skiing)", "Gould (Kingairloch)" & "Gould 8 (?)".
2 x 14,000 ft reels of 16mm film. Labelled:
"Yatung, Phari, Bhutan, Lhasa, 1939"
"Poto's (?) Reel 1"
Correspondence from Sir Eric Miéville (private secretary) to Sir Basil making arrangements for Gould's films (that had previously been shown at the RGS) to have a private screening at Balmoral Castle to Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in August 1937 and a large quantity of other film related correspondence.
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Footnotes
Gould was a keen film maker and recounts in his memoire that:
"When I was on leave in 1935 I went to Kodak in Kingsway (London), and asked whether they could provide a cine camera for a man who knew nothing at all about cine photography."
Along with other members of both the 1936/37 and the 1940 mission he recorded many of the key moments of these visits with his cine camera.
MP4 and MOV video files of all the 16mm film marked with an * will be available (on a memory stick) to the successful purchaser and can be viewed at the pre-auction exhibition.