Title:2ND BATTALION 4TH BOMBAY GRENADIERS IN INDIA, CA 1930 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 4628
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 17: "Shall Mills, Troops and TPT" Indians practise wrestling. Military encampment. Camel transport train.
Reel 18: "11/4th GR Recruits' PT" Indian recruits do PT and learn rifle drill. (Captain Reed was administrative Commandant of 11/4th Bombay Grenadiers from 1 February 1932 to 15 July 1933)
Reel 19: "Hindubagh Sports" (ie Baluchistan) Sports day events, including three-legged race and ducking for apples.
Reel 20: "Kutab Minar, Delhi" Minaret.
Reel 21: "Bellary Moplah acrobats" (ie Madras State) Muslim men in distinctive white dress perform acrobatics.
Reel 22: "High-jumping and Mali, Nagar" High-jumping. Captain Reed's houseboy, Mali, gardening.
Reel 23: "Bathing" Reed's relatives bathing in North Wales.
Reel 24: "Biscoe Boys" Boat racing on lake, Kashmir?
Reel 25: "Koregaum Parade, Chaman. 1.29" (ie Baluchistan) Ceremonial parade of 2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers, held on 1 January to commemorate Battle of Koregaum (1818). (Captain Reed was SPT company commander at Chaman from 2 November 1928 to 16 March 1929)
Alternative Title:CAPTAIN RONALD REED AMATEUR ARMY FILM [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 4628
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1930
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Reed, Ronald R (Production individual)
