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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 ...