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)