CALCUTTA & RAILWAY STATION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CALCUTTA & RAILWAY STATION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6229
  • Other titles: COLONEL HODGKINSON - AMATEUR FILM [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary:
  • Description: A crowd of people at a railway station, Acharya J B Kripalani in the centre. People sit in the street selling goods. A brief shot of a fakir? View of the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1947
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 30 secs ca
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings. Date: refers to stock dates on Kodachrome Technical: original/copy status of film not marked Acharya Kripalani was President of the Indian National Congress (Nov 1946 - Aug 1947) and steered the organisation through the critical days of the transfer of power Railway station scenes continued from MGH 6228. Offcut from MGH 6245. Summary: subject related to Partition of India in August 1947.
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