MONTREAL AND INDIA NEWSREEL COMPILATION - c. 1922
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 489655).
Synopsis
No main title. A man writes `God Save the King' on a blackboard. "Nevertheless they are exceedingly grateful and sent this mesage to England." A man sells neck rings at a market stall. "The Indian Bazaar is one of the most paying propositions known. A native will work his fingertips off to buy a coil of wire, or rope of beads to which he takes a fancy". A man moving a cow on in front of a crowd, mainly children. "Jullunder. It will be seen that all four legs of the bullock are tied together - thus depriving him of a very forceful argument". Market scenes; various views of the Taj Mahal. "Forty Five million rupees were expended in building the Taj Mahal". Further views of the Taj Mahal. Scenes in Montreal [Montreal harbour written on film]. Men at a dockyard halving logs and moving them via rolling technique. A lorry carrying logs on a road. View of dockyard from a ship and long shot from the coast. Street scenes (in Montrel?); exterior of Union Station.