Brian Walker Collection: 2: Cawnpore

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2002/104/002).

Synopsis

Scenes in Cawnpore (Kanpur): Cricket on Green Park.

Outside the bungalow at 13 Albert Road

"Ordnance Club" secretary and staff.

Friends

At Simla in the Himalayas 1944-45.

Government House and views (Simla?).

Muletrain and market street in Simla.

Washing in the Ganges.

Agra: the Taj Mahal and gardens

Ruver Jumna.

Cawnpore: at 17 Albert Road.

Suttee Chowra Ghat, also known as "Massacre Ghat", the scene of the massacre in Cawnpore during the 1857 Indian 'Mutiny'.

17 Albert Road.

Servants.

Cawnpore barber's shop and markets.

Memorial gardens and monument to those killed during the Cawnpore massacre.

Indian Independence Day celebrations at Harness and Saddlery Factory on 15th August 1947.

Indian Independence Day decorations in the Mall, Cawnpore.

The "Ordnance Club" on Independence Day.

 

Titles

  • Brian Walker Collection: 2: Cawnpore (Archive)
Series Title:
Brian Walker Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1940
Running Time:
c. 21 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
250 ft.
 

Production Credits