WATER

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6188).

Synopsis

Offcuts from several of Colonel Hodgkinson's films.

Aerial shots of a river and surrounding jungle. Brief shot of vehicles ascending a mountain track, some snow on adjacent hillside? An Indian man and British officer paddling a small boat on a lake (possibly Dal Lake, Srinagar). Group shot of an Indian dignitary and Indian Army soldiers (also one US Army officer?). Two men mooring a houseboat. Shot of a lake, houseboat and a small boat approaching it. Six (Indian?) soldiers walking along a path through a wooded area. An Indian man walks through the ruins of a building. An Indian family walk past the camera, one woman carries two jugs of water. A procession passes along the street in Burma. Shirts blowing on a washing line. Two men lay out white sheets? to dry. A funeral procession in Burma. Aerial shot of refugees on the road in Kashmir. Fountains in a garden. Small children playing with wooden building blocks. A group of Indian men some in white suits, a tray of petals is offered to one of the men.

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Date: stock date on Kodachrome is 1943

Technical: original/copy status of film not marked

Offcuts from other films, including the funeral of Aung San.

Summary: subject related to Partition of India in August 1947.

 

Titles

  • WATER (Allocated)
Series Title:
COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND
 

Technical Data

Year:
1947
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
cameraman
Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Lieutenant-Colonel)