THE CHANGING EAST - INDIA (PART 1) [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE CHANGING EAST - INDIA (PART 1) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6250
  • Other titles: COLONEL HODGKINSON - AMATEUR FILM [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Part one of two (second part is MGH 6251).
  • Description: Handpainted illustration of sunrise behind mountains and a line of (Indian) people stretching into the distance. Titles are superimposed over images. "The Changing East" "India" "Produced by Frank Outram" "The Story of Pingling and Pinchio was filmed on the Daily Mail Expedition to Assam" "Edited by Frank Outram and Frank Worth" A British officer stands in front of a wall map, points to mid-Atlantic then India. Focus in on India. Indian military bands and troops march in the grounds of Government House, Delhi. Close-up of a mounted British officer. Close-up of one of the Governor General Bodyguards (mounted Sikh with red tunic). Further shots of the Governor General's Bodyguards. Long shot of various Indian dancers, some in tribal clothes. further scenes of the tattoo, including motorbike stunt riders, men manoeuvering and firing field guns, and the Camel Corps. Still shots of the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta. Street scenes. Close-up of a holy man (fakir?), and a small shrine next to him. More street scenes, beggars. Close-up of feet treading clay. A man sculpting a figure. Close-ups of the finished sculptures of Indian gods. More street scenes, including cattle and carts. Acharya Kripalani at railway station. Blocks of ice being loaded onto train. Further scenes at the platform with Kripalani. A woman holds a bunch of flowers, a man selling magazines walks passed. Food being served on a leaf. A groom (?) with red turban and gold accessories. Close-up of little girl. Close-up of bride (?) and men. Further scenes at the station. People on the street in a dust storm. [Black & White] Tribespeople carrying expedition gear through rainforest (in Assam). Close-up of leeches on leaves, then on hands and feet. Group shot of tribespeople, some smoking pipes. Close-up of feet hiking through forest. Heavy rain. Close-up of a leech in water. Close-up of people hiking through forest. [Colour] Tents in the rainforest. Primitive huts in the rainforest. Close-ups of tribespeople. Scenes of hill-tribe's life - tending plants, felling trees. Shots of bush fires, and cleared land. Tribesman planting seeds in singed earth. Close-ups of tribespeople. Close-up of tribesman with baby on his back. A cockerel outside a hut. Tribespeople walking into the forest. Close-ups of flora and fauna, including a leaf insect and snake. The tribespeople build a shelter from branches and leaves, then light a fire. They cut more foliage and branches and prepare a trap. They cross a river on a log bridge. Scenes of them shooting a boar with a bow and arrow. A frog in a stream. Fungi on a log. Picking wild strawberries (?). The tribespeople return to the village where they light a fire and cook. Close-up of a dog eating scraps. Shot of a man smoking. Long -shot of mountainous landscape, and fires on the hillside. Back to the parade at Government House, Delhi. Further scenes of Indian military bands marching, British troops and mounted Indian troops. Close-ups of the Royal Scottish Fusilier drummers and pipers (Camerons). Lord and Lady Mountbatten in ceremonial costume walking out of Government House. Long-shot of a roll-call of officers and dignitaries (?) on the steps of Government House. Further shots of the military parade. Large group of (Indian) people walking through Government House Gardens. A group portrait of Mountbatten with the first cabinet members of Independent India (?), including Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Azad and Sardar Baldev Singh. Close-ups including one of a woman (Indira Gandhi ?). British officers talking. Further shots of Nehru and Mountbatten talking. Servants? carrying goods on their heads in the grounds of Government House. Views of the gardens, fountains and flowers. A large group of Indian men and boys gathered in the grounds. A man gives instructions, they disperse and begin gardening. Close-up of two Indian men talking in the grounds of Government House. Guests arrive and wander around the gardens. Ditty Hodgkinson (Colonel Hodgkinson's wife) can be seen in some shots, wearing a red dress. Lord and Lady Mountbatten arrive at the garden party. Each guest is greeted with a handshake. General views of the gardens. Close-up of Lady Mountbatten talking to a guest. Other guests eating food. More views of the gardens. Close-ups of flowers. A solitary guard in the grounds, with Government House behind.
  • Alternative Title: COLONEL HODGKINSON - AMATEUR FILM [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: MGH 6250
  • Sound: B&W
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
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  • Production Date: 1952
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Production individual) Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Production individual) Worth, Frank (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person) Mountbatten, Edwina (Countess) (person)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: B&W Soundtrack language: Silent Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 43 mins ca
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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