KASHMIR, RANGOON, INLE LAKES

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18196).

Synopsis

Amateur film showing Kashmir, Kabul, a yogi hanging over a fire, the Shan States and leg rowers on Inle lake.

No titles. A potter at work in Kashmir (42). Street scene in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan (64). An entrance gate to Kabul, a car (the Bailey's car?) passes through the gate followed by bullock carts; two laden camels walk to camera (102). In a village (?) two men sit under a thatched canopy and turn two handles which turn two larger wheels. They are watched by a number of men (147). A laden camel train pass by a road (193). A car drives onto a raft; the car is followed by a European woman (Mrs. Bailey?) and an Indian man (218). The raft docked at the other side of the river; the car drives off. The river is rather small with a plain and mountains in the background (236). The start of a hunting party. Indian men with lancers and some dogs pass by the camera; an elephant with a howdah (unoccupied) passes. The passing hunters are watched by a group of women (283). Lots of pigs in a field in Ragputana (?) (393). Two elephants and their young in a compound in Rangoon (436). A camel race at a race course with crowds and decorated stands (461). Camels and riders (possibly from the race) make their way through crowds and market (?) stalls (506). A yogi, naked and hanging upside down by his feet, is swung over a fire (525). The Shan States in Burma; a market, village scenes (571). Villagers in a street (584). market (604). A village street; a European women (Mrs. Bailey?) passes along the street observed by the villagers (624). Leg rowers on the Inle Lake (642). Travelling shot on the canoe as the leg rowers propel the canoe through the water (685ft).

 

Titles

  • KASHMIR, RANGOON, INLE LAKES (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1928
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
685 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Photography
BAILEY, F.M.
 

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