SO THIS IS INDIA - TRAIN SEQUENCE (1945)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 109).

Synopsis

Short section of footage of a railway locomotive for 'So This Is India'.

A train steams towards camera and passes very close; drivers or stokers leaning from the footplate. The train pulls into Karaghpur station (Bengal, India) and comes to a halt. Local Indian bearers rush to take the baggage. A carriage marked 'Nagpur' (the largest city in central India). A number of British Army officers pass the camera. Series of air-to-ground shots of the locomotive underway, apparently on its way to Howrah Station, Calcutta, shot from a light aircraft such as a Sentinel, Auster or Argus. Distant shot of Calcutta with the spires of the Victoria Memorial visible. Ground medium shot; train passes camera right-to-left. A local Indian man closes a level crossing as a man driving a bullock cart approaches.

Notes

This film part of a multi-part film entitled 'So This Is India'. See related items below.

Dopesheet undated and no slates.

 

Titles

  • SO THIS IS INDIA - TRAIN SEQUENCE (1945) (Allocated)
Series Title:
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
167 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
cameraman
Layzell, R G (Sergeant)
Production company
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
 

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Production Organisations