[the ENGLISH COLONY IN INDIA] [Allocated]

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Other title(s): [the ENGLISH COLONY IN INDIA] [Allocated]
Year: 1925
Runtime: 9 mins
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.
Scenes of traditional Indian life in the mid-1920s.
Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / recreation, Indian civilian - tourism / religion, Hinduism - ceremonial, Indian / buildings, Indian - religious: temple / society, Indian - ethnic / arts, Indian - crafts / animals, mammals: elephant / animals, mammals: camel / India & Calcutta (?) / India
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
Production company: Kineto
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Without sound
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