OFFICERS OF EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT OR SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT ON AND OFF DUTY IN INDIA
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 4516).
Synopsis
Amateur film, presumably shot by an officer of the East or South Lancashire Regiment serving in the arid north of India, records scenes of native life, British Army enjoying sports (cricket, swimming, polo), military parade, demonstration of hand grenade, soldiers in Army trucks, pitching camp, digging-out truck, soldiers on exercise, snow-covered mountains (Himalayas ?) in distance, and (Colour) tropical sunset. Start of reel is brief 1960s colour sequence of rugby match and couple bathing off tropical beach.
Notes
Summary: provisional identification of regiment based on source of film. Date: Kodak B&W stock dated 1934.
Titles
- AMATEUR FILM (Allocated)
- OFFICERS OF EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT OR SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT ON AND OFF DUTY IN INDIA (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1934
- Running Time:
- 9 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- Std 8mm
- Colour:
- B&W (part Colour)
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 200 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB