JOHNNY GURKHA [Main Title]

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  • Title: JOHNNY GURKHA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: CIN 231
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Film showing the importance and prestige of belonging to the famous Gurkha Regiment.
  • Description: The film shows His Majesty the King paying tribute to the Gurkhas, and in India the Viceroy paying a similar tribute for their gallantry on the eastern fronts. Footage of Nepal, showing the people and the countryside, with a discussion of the governmental and ruling system. The Gurkhas coming down from the hills to British India, which they do every year - the old men to draw their pensions and the young fellows to join the regiment. The recruiting procedure. A discussion of how the organisation looks after a Gurkhas affairs even after he has left the regiment, and film of the bazaar that the department has built to help with the Gurkha's shopping. More footage of recruitment, with an emphasis being placed on the high standard of physique. The film concludes by showing some successful recruits and indicating that they are about to start their careers as Gurkha soldiers.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: CIN 231
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: India
  • Production Details: Interservice Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor) Public Relations Film Unit, India (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: George VI, King (person) British Army, Gurkhas (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name) recruitment, British: Army, Gurkha Regiment (object name) society, Nepalese - ethnic (object name) Nepal (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 880 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    CIN 231

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    CIN 231A (JOHNNY GURKHA (long version) [Main Title]) CIN 231B (JOHNNY GURKHA (Nepalese version) [Main Title]) MWY 49 (WAVELL AWARDS VICTORIA CROSSES TO INDIAN TROOPS IN DELHI [Allocated Title])
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