Title:SO THIS IS INDIA - TRAIN SEQUENCE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 109
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Short section of footage of a railway locomotive for 'So This Is India'.
Description: A train steams towards camera and passes very close; drivers or stokers leaning from the footplate. The train pulls into Karaghpur station (Bengal, India) and comes to a halt. Local Indian bearers rush to take the baggage. A carriage marked 'Nagpur' (the largest city in central India). A number of British Army officers pass the camera. Series of air-to-ground shots of the locomotive underway, apparently on its way to Howrah Station, Calcutta, shot from a light aircraft such as a Sentinel, Auster or Argus. Distant shot of Calcutta with the spires of the Victoria Memorial visible. Ground medium shot; train passes camera right-to-left. A local Indian man closes a level crossing as a man driving a bullock cart approaches.
Alternative Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
Layzell, R G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: Calcutta, North East India, India (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
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ABY 91 (SO THIS IS INDIA - AIRCRAFTMAN MURRAY GOES FORWARD [Allocated Title])
ABY 92 (SO THIS IS INDIA - AIRCRAFTMAN FLOWER ARRIVES AT RAF REDHILLS LAKE, MADRAS, INDIA [Allocated Title])
ABY 105 (SO THIS IS INDIA - AIRMEN ON LEAVE IN DARJEELING [Allocated Title])
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