PICTURESQUE INDIA Or IN AND ABOUT CALCUTTA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 257487).

Synopsis

INTEREST: Scenes in Bombay and Calcutta.

"The Botanical Gardens of Bombay"(5). MS park gardens. A European man in the foreground photographs an approaching elephant with several passengers on its back (23). "The Jain Temple and gardens of Calcutta, founded by Raj Budree Das Mookin Bahadoor. The Temple is inlaid with mosaic and coloured glass in various designs" (36). PAN of temple buildings viewed across an ornamental pool, several passerbys looked towards the camera (125). MCU same (182). MCU elephant statue (193). MS mosaic, camera pans upwards to the richly decorated roof of the temple buildings (213). "The black hole and tablet" (218). MCU rectangular plot girded with railings (277). CU plaque on the wall marking the prison of Old Fort William(256). "Method of sawing wood"(261). MCU of two men using a two handed saw to cut planks from a piece of wood (277). "The sacred cow of India" (284). Cu brahmin cow (300). "Scavenger goats of Calcutta" (305). MCU of pedestrians watch the camera as a herd of goats are driven past by two goatherds (328) [INCOMPLETE]

 

Titles

  • QUAINT CALCUTTA (Alternative)
  • PICTURESQUE INDIA Or IN AND ABOUT CALCUTTA
 

Technical Data

Year:
1913
Running Time:
4 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
351 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
USA
Camera Operator
KEEPERS, Leslie Harry
Production Company
Vitagraph Company of America
 

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