THE ENGLISH COLONY IN INDIA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE ENGLISH COLONY IN INDIA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 816
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  • Summary: Scenes of traditional Indian life in the mid-1920s.
  • Description: The film appears to start in Calcutta with street scenes, and views of some of the buildings, both Western and Eastern in influence. A funeral procession takes place, ending at the river. Further inland the setting is altogether more rural, with peasant villages. There is a parade by the ceremonial guard of an Indian prince, complete with jewelled war elephants and camels. Views of one of the main Hindu temples. Near the temple there is a market, including a metalworker with a hand-bellows.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 816
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 816)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1925
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Kineto (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: recreation, Indian civilian - tourism (object name) religion, Hinduism - ceremonial, Indian (object name) buildings, Indian - religious: temple (object name) society, Indian - ethnic (object name) arts, Indian - crafts (object name) animals, mammals: elephant (object name) animals, mammals: camel (object name) India & Calcutta (?) (geography) India (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 551 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 816

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