OFF-DUTY SWIMMING POOL SCENE IN CENTRAL INDIA

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6656).

Synopsis

Amateur film shot by Captain Cyril Nicholls while serving with the 4th Battalion 6 Rajputana Rifles at Mhow, India, records tracking shot along railway line (overexposed), young British ladies and officers in period bathing wear enjoying diving and somersaulting into a swimming pool, and a brief shot (overexposed) of an Indian at the finishing line of a race.

Notes

Box details: Kodak box from Kodak Bombay marked develop before Feb 1933, and addressed to C G Nicholls, 4/6 Rajputana Rifles (Outrams), Mhow, CI. Also note - Patal Pani [waterfalls] - Bathing. Mhow Fort.

Captain Nicholls is second man diving.

 

Titles

  • OFF-DUTY SWIMMING POOL SCENE IN CENTRAL INDIA (Allocated)
  • AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN CYRIL NICHOLLS (Alternative)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1933
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
50 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
cameraman
Nicholls, Cyril G (Captain)