Scenes of traditional Indian life in the mid-1920s.

The film appears to start in Calcutta with street scenes, and views of some of the buildings, both Western and Eastern in influence. A funeral procession takes place, ending at the river. Further inland the setting is altogether more rural, with peasant villages. There is a parade by the ceremonial guard of an Indian prince, complete with jewelled war elephants and camels. Views of one of the main Hindu temples. Near the temple there is a market, including a metalworker with a hand-bellows.

Notes

Production: see production notes to IWM 815. This film and IWM 815 appear to form part of a series

Technical: this film is held on one reel with IWM 815

Remarks: so little information is available concerning this film that the scenes it shows remain virtually unidentifiable

Series continuity: there is no film held under the numbers IWM 817 - IWM 841 inclusive