FORESTRY COLLEGE TOURS IN INDIA C.1932 PART 1: GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 20

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 660632).

Synopsis

Touring with students in the Dun Forest. Lachiwala bungalow. Variety of transport - motor, camels, bullock-cart. River scenes near Lachiwala, dogs and family in the water. Roorkee December 1932 - forest students build a trestle bridge over a sixty foot gap. Different types of derricks and guys for lifting large field guns and logs. Building a suspension bridge of 100ft span. Building works and scaffolding for a reinforced concrete arch for a 300ft bridge to span the Teesta valley. Kurseong and its steep tea gardens. Chasing a train by car up the Darjeeling road where they run next to each other. Anderson bridge. Buxa - aborigines sinking piles for bridge by pulling on cane ropes; steadying piles with wedges and a big mallet. Smoking a pipe.

 

Titles

  • GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 20: FORESTRY COLLEGE TOURS IN INDIA C.1932 PART 1 (Alternative)
  • FORESTRY COLLEGE TOURS IN INDIA C.1932 PART 1: GORRIE PERSONAL FILM NO. 20 (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1932
Running Time:
10 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
350 ft
 

Production Credits

Photography
GORRIE, R. Maclagan