Title:CZECHOSLOVAKS IN INDIA : how they work and live [Main Title]
Film Number:RMY 31
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Summary: Bata employees celebrate St Wenceslas Day (28 September) and proclaim Czech solidarity with the British Allies' fight for freedom.
Description: Commentary describes over views of Indian jungle and the Bata Shoe Company model town of Batanagar, twelve miles south east of Calcutta, how this community of Indians and Czechs grew out of "active cooperation and brotherhood according to the highest human principles and natural laws". Indians and Czechs emerge together from the factory compound and Czech mothers sit outside with their children. Commentary contrasts this ideal situation with the sad fate of Czechoslovakia. Czechs start celebrating their national day (28th September) by attending Mass then follow a band to the clubhouse for a long display of dancing in national style. Head of the colony Mr Bartos then reads a statement thanking India for allowing Czechs to live and work there. Czechs in India are now providing moral and financial support to their compatriots who, after France, are now in England carrying on their fight for the victory of democracy and truth. Fade out over British and Czechoslovak flags.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:RMY 31
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1940
Production Country: India
Production Details: Bata (Production sponsor)
Film Corporation of India (Production company)
Sengupta, Ajit (Production individual)
Baros, John (Production individual)
Sil, Madhu (Production individual)
Sen, Hara (Production individual)
Zitek, O (Production individual)
Majumdar, Shaukat (Production individual)
Hossain, Shaukat (Production individual)
Mehta, R B (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bartos (Mr) (person)
Bata Shoe Company, India (regiment/service)
Bata Shoe Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: celebrations, Czechoslovak - customary: St Wenceslas Day (object name)
industry, Indian - clothing: shoes (object name)
society, Czechoslovak - friendship (object name)
society, Indian - friendship (object name)
India & Batanagar <Bata Shoe Factory> (geography)
propaganda (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 911 ft; Running time: 10 mins
