Title:2ND BATTALION 4TH BOMBAY GRENADIERS IN INDIA, CA 1930 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 4627
Other titles:CAPTAIN RONALD REED AMATEUR ARMY FILM [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film without titles shot by Captain Ronald Reed of 2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers (King Edward's Own) of Indian Army records military and off-duty scenes of an Indian Army regiment at the start of Gandhi's campaign of civil disobedience.
Description: Reel 8: "Well at Jhak. Shelabagh" (ie Baluchistan) Indians irrigate using cows to draw water from well. Volley ball.
Reel 9: "Srinagar, Kashmir" Tourist scenes of lake and river traffic.
Reel 10: "Barrack building, Wana" (ie Waziristan) Indian turbaned troops construct new barracks. Unloading and assembling mountain gun under supervision of British officer.
Reel 11: "Mar Canal and Bijbehara Fair" Tracking shot along canal, fair on bankside.
Reel 12: "Kashmir" Tracking shot along canal.
Reel 13: "Railway Station, Ambala Cantt (ie cantonment)" Platform scene of Indian Peninsula Railway.
Reel 14: "Sunday at Shelabagh" (ie Baluchistan) Indians play sports.
Reel 15: "Pillar of Kutab Mosque, Delhi, and Deck Games, V of India" Minaret. Quoits on deck of SS Viceroy of India, presumably on return to UK for leave (1931).
Reel 16: "Moplah Dance" (ie South India) Muslim men in distinctive white dress and skull caps perform dance.
Alternative Title:CAPTAIN RONALD REED AMATEUR ARMY FILM [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 4627
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1930
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Reed, Ronald R (Production individual)
