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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter. Includes footage of people working in Mirzapur City and District; general street ...
Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter showing the work of the Bible Churchman's Missionary Society's (B.C.M.S.) mission in ...
Amateur footage: Shillong races, golf, picnics (attended by Lord and Lady Willingdon) and market scenes.
Amateur film showing a fair, military sports, the arrival of the Maharajah, show jumping, and dancing. Pet monkey. Fair at ...
1: Delhi Horse Show , 1929.
2: New Zealand bush shots.
3: Simla: monkeys and beagling, 1931(?).
4: Simla: dead panther and moving ...
AMATEUR FILM. Recording plane journey from Calcutta to the Persian Gulf.
The arrival of a Dutch Air Mail plane in Calcutta ...
Amateur film of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.
Shots with captions of: the Khyber Pass; Fort Jamrud; Shaghai Fort; Ali Masjid Gaugle; Supply depot at Landikotal & Fort; ...
Car Journey from Rawpindi to Bombay. Views of Indore, Tapeti ferry crossing, Nasik, Beach Candy, Lido resort, swimming lessons for ...
Indian festival of Banpati at Chowpatty, Bombay. Street processions with images of gods carried aloft. Riverside crowds entering waters. Committal ...
The building of the Nilgiris and Mettur Dam.
The film shows Indian towns and villages, and highlights the production of silk, wheat, rice, sugar and jute.
The film ...