OLD BARAK

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 21402).

Synopsis

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

A fishing trip by canoe on the River Barak (?): Indian porters on a bridge, scenes from the canoe (38). A European in shorts and topi stand by a fish held up by an Indian (47). Shots of river and surrounding countryside (62). A European watching two Indians canoe through rapids. Indian holding up a fish. River scenes. Three Indians displaying fish (96). Cap scene (104). Fishing from the canoe and from the bank (135). Scenes from canoe passing through gorge (157). Indians pushing a raft loaded with supplies across the river (175). Manhandling a boat upstream through a rocky channel. Scenes in a gorge(227). A houseboat on the river (236). A European woman wearing a topi and slacks stands over some dead geese. A European stands nearby with a shotgun (254). Flocks of geese flying over a flat expanse of water, presumably in a delta region. Indians carrying inflatable raft to the water. Flocks of geese. View from raft. Indians punting (280). The fish catch, laid out on the floor and in baskets, is inspected by a crowd of Indians. The European woman and two European men pose with bagged geese (319ft). [16mm].

 

Titles

  • OLD BARAK (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1947
Running Time:
9 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
319 ft
 

Production Credits

Photography
MACKRELL, G.
 

Countries