SCENES OF INDIAN AND BRITISH LIFE IN KASHMIR

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 4528).

Synopsis

Untitled amateur film, shot by Royal Army Medical Corps doctor Colonel Alexander Simson (1894-1980), records contrasting activities of British and Indians in Kashmir: Indian servant loading master's car, Indians working with timber, making jewellery, British couple on river, Indian fishing, Indian servant attempting to open beer bottle for his British master and removing latter's shoes, and ornamental gardens.

Notes

Summary: film can was marked "Kasmir".

 

Titles

  • SCENES OF INDIAN AND BRITISH LIFE IN KASHMIR (Allocated)
  • AMATEUR FILM BY COLONEL ALEXANDER SIMSON (Alternative)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1935
Running Time:
13 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
ca 300 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
cameraman
Simson, Alexander Macdonald (Colonel)