GOVERNMENT HOUSE GARDEN PARTIES

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6258).

Synopsis

Guests arrive at Government House, New Delhi, and are greeted by Lord and Lady Mountbatten. Shots of Indian officers in ceremonial uniform, guests mingling in the background. Three American? Army officers (two are wearing United Nations armbands).

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Date: refers to stock dates on Kodachrome

Technical: original/copy status of film not marked.

Label on can is marked "G.H. Garden Parties"

Similar scenes also appear on MGH 6251

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

 

Titles

  • GOVERNMENT HOUSE GARDEN PARTIES (Allocated)
Series Title:
COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILM
 

Technical Data

Year:
1948
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

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