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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Unedited material on India showing local scenes and European educationalists or missionaries.
Indian and European men and women on back of elephant; dead stag being tied onto an elephant; group photograph back ...
Amateur film showing Sir Hugh Stephenson, local scenes in Patna and Ranchi districts of India. Scenes include; seeing the Governor, ...
The horse race.
INTEREST Travelogue.
A Baluchistani on a hill top surveying the country (51-56); shots of the country (75-87); the Bolan Pass (95-130); ...
The grounds of the Residence at Mysore where much sport is made with dogs. Bathing the dogs in the fountains. ...
INTEREST - Travelogue. The film opens with a shot of two men in the Punjab stacking sheaves of wheat (58-70); ...
Drama of kidnapping and intrigue set against an Indian background.
Amateur film showing everyday life in the Hunter household in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Hnter introduces films by titles. In train nearing ...
Amateur film showing the Horse Artillery and Sir Hugh Stephenson, Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Scenes include; a polo match, ...
Amateur film showing Kashmir, Kabul, a yogi hanging over a fire, the Shan States and leg rowers on Inle lake.
No ...
Khyber Pass: Mule train/camel train/outpost (125). Kashmir: Dal lake (near Srinagar). Agra: cattle market, Taj Mahal, market scenes, Red Fort ...
Amateur film of New Delhi. Street scenes. Fountains. Show jumping and horse artillery on parade. AV from a plane. Interior ...
Travelgoue. Scenes in Peshawar, the village of Kabla, the Khyber Pass and Lundi Kotal.
Map of the world, CU of the ...
Newsreel item on air travel to India.
A journey by car and camel, through Persia and on to Quetta in Baluchistan.
Camel caravan (57-68). Man leading mules (71-75). ...
MEDICAL. Scenes in the Kala-Azar [visceral leishmaniasis, dum-dum fever, tropical splenomegaly, or sirkari disease] endemic area in Bengal. Living conditions ...
Extended sequence showing the open air collection of the wild life in an Indian Zoo. Concentrating mainly on baby elephants ...
A tour made by rail and road to India, Burma and Sikkim, by members of the Grand Lodge of the ...
Some footage duplicated from GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 14, some from others. Sheila Mary's first summer, birthday games with her ...
Amateur film. City scenes in Calcutta.
Main Title. "THE IRREPRESSIBLE MR LEVINE, AMERICA'S MILLIONAIRE AMATEUR AIRMAN 'TAKES OFF' FROM CRANWELL WITH BRITISH PILOT - CAPT HINCHCLIFFE". ...
Amateur film. Europeans and Indians at Puri, India.