Title:HMS MANCHESTER - SCENES FROM HER BUILDING AND FIRST COMMISSION (REEL TWO) [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 1935
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER GEORGE ROSS [Alternative Title]
Summary: The Town Class light cruiser HMS Manchester embarks on her first commission, showing "scenes from India and Ceylon". The film is a mixture of sepiatone and full colour, and is captioned throughout.
Description: "Film Star Devika Rani and Husband". Indian actress Devika Rani poses in a garden with her husband, the film producer Himanshu Rai.
"Ship visitors at Bombay". Local people queue up to visit HMS Manchester.
"Jungle scenes in Ceylon". Brief shot of the ship at sea is followed by street scenes in Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka): horse-drawn carts, shops and market stalls. In the jungle, monkeys race across a dirt road. Water buffalos graze on a pasture. Ferry, propelled by oars, on a river. Colour shots with Manchester off shore; flowers can be seen in the foreground. Local men cut down a tree by hand; the logs are then dragged away by an elephant with rider. More elephants push and drag logs. Railway: a group of men upend a four-wheeled bogie at the trackside. More elephant scenes. Two British men (one with a pipe) pose for the camera. Elephants bathe in the river. Snake charmer with cobra. Views of a beach; local men fish with rods in the swell. Railway line with passenger train. Panning shot of large house, with Indian staff posing for camera. People (British) walking in a garden.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER GEORGE ROSS [Alternative Title]
