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Dalyell Collection
Dalyell Collection (Reel 21): Training working elephants in India. A social occasion in a tented city. 1929
This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 1998/005/007).
Synopsis
Herds of elephants in the wild. British women watching elephants. Scenes of tented city in parkland and people strolling and greeting one another. The breaking in of elephants to be trained for work in the logging camps. Working elephants in stockades and roped in the jungle. Elephants washing in rivers with their mahouts.
Production / Donor Details: These cine films were shot by Gordon Loch & Eleanor Loch-Dalyell, parents of British politician Tam Dalyell, during their service in the Empire. Lt.-Col. Loch (who took the name and arms of Dalyell of the Binns in 1938) served as an Intelligence and Political Officer in the Middle East and India from 1908 onwards. During the period of these films he was Political Agent in Gilgit (Kashmir) from 1924-27; in Mysore, Kathiawar and Rewa States from 1928-31; and in the Persian Gulf from 1932-37. He retired in 1938.
Titles
- Dalyell Collection (Reel 21): Training working elephants in India. A social occasion in a tented city. 1929 (Archive)
- Series Title:
- Dalyell Collection
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1929
- Running Time:
- 13 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 16mm VHS
- Sound:
- Mute
- Footage:
- 400ft
Production Credits
- Production Details
- See synopsis
Groups
This film belongs to the following groups.
Dalyell Collection
