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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Story of two workers, Ramdas and Mangri, in an Indian tea garden and description of Indian village life in Assam.
Bullock ...
Assam tribal dances taken in Shillong when Lord Mountbatten arrived in 1947.
Five Anglo-Catholic nuns open a school and a hospital in the Himalayas. It prospers until a series of mishaps turn ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: DAY AND NIGHT STRUGGLE TO CLOSE FEN GAP FAREWELL TO THE ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: SOUTH AFRICA DRAWS TEST WITH ENGLAND INDIA ACCEPTS THE PLAN KING ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include KENYA TATTOO PANDIT NEHRU AT SRINAGAR BRADMAN'S RECORD AT SYDNEY MATCH OUR ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include HYDERABAD TODAY NEWS IN BRIEF FRIENDSHIP CARGO LEAVES AMERICA BELGIAN CROSS COUNTRY ...
The events in Karachi and in Delhi around Independence Day, 15 August 1947.
On the eve of independence, Jinnah ...
Amateur film shot by Major Michael Nelson of 8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army while seconded to the Kurram ...
Amateur film showing Muslim refugees arriving in Pakistan from India and at Lahore station.
Rarely seen footage of Gandhi filmed by his great nephew, Kanu.
Speaks to a large crowd, possibly outside a railway station. ...
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
A fishing trip by canoe on the River ...
Amateur film shot by Captain Clifford Williams (Sikh Regiment) when a junior staff officer with the Punjab Boundary ...
Short documentary about Bassein, a fishing village 25 miles north of Bombay on the shores of the Arabian ...
In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA Items include:
OPENING THE MONTGOMERY BRIDGE H.M.S. FLYCATCHER PRINCESS ELIZABETH WITH W.L.A. U.N.O. FACES ...
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NO RETURN TO SIXPENCE IN THE POUND NEWS IN FLASHES ; PRINCESS ELIZABETH ...
F.A. CUP FINAL SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY INDIAN MISSION VISIT TAJ MAHAL EMPIRE RULERS HERE ...
8,000 RANGERS COME TO TOWN INDIA PLAN ANNOUNCED MORE V-DAY ARRIVALS FRANCE BEAT ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD ; PRINCESS ELIZABETH ADMITTED AS BARD FESTIVAL IN INDIA ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: JERUSALEM TAX OFFICE BLOWN UP INDIA. KHYBER WARRIORS HAIL VICEROY ARRIVAL OF ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: ENGLAND ROUT DUTCH SOCCER XI MR. ATTLEE OPENS FIRST POST-WAR LONDON FLATS ...
The friends of a murdered man go out into the hotels and bazaars of Calcutta to find the murderer.