LAST BT PARADE AND RSF BAND [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LAST BT PARADE AND RSF BAND [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6234
  • Other titles: COLONEL HODGKINSON - AMATEUR FILM [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes of Lord and Lady Mountbatten leaving Government House, Delhi.
  • Description: A presentation ceremony; Lord Mountbatten presents awards/plaques to troops outside Government House?. A shot of RAF and Army officers talking and getting into cars. A rectangular red metal plate with four silver stars hangs above the car's number plate, a small red flag on the bonnet. Close-up of one of the items presented by Lord Mountbatten - a framed insignia (a lion standing on a crown with the word India below, gold on a black background - the Governor-General's crest?). Lord Mountbatten shaking hands with and saluting troops. Lord and Lady Mountbatten leave the grounds. Close-up of Army officers. Two Gurkhas march across the grounds (mounted Indian guards in the background). A long-shot of the parade. Close-ups of individuals in the Royal Scots Fusiliers; a drummer, a piper, the drum major and bass drummer. Brief shot of Lord Mountbatten turning towards troops.
  • 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: 2 mins 33 secs ca
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings. Date: refers to stock dates on Kodachrome Technical: film originality not marked Part of same parade as on MGH 6251? Summary: subject related to Partition of India in August 1947.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 6234

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