GOVERNOR'S DURBAR, BIHAR AND ORISSA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 14623).

Synopsis

Amateur film of colonial India.

The start of a hunt, with elephants and beaters (3); view from an elephant howdah (16). Various shots of wounded animals, the elephants and the beaters (47). The Governor's Durbar: pontoon bridge decorated with flags and banners (67). Military parades (127). Officers of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (136). Baby bear and fawn (176). Sir Hugh Stephenson, Lady Stephenson and other officials (187). Animal in the jungle (189). A group of Indian scouts (202). Inside an Indian textile factory, spinning and weaving machines (264). Elephant with howdah (267). Stag in woodland (276). Marquees and group of English people (287). River (301). Close-up of dead tiger (310). Procession of Governor's Durbar, Governor and Lady Stephenson through gardens to pavilion (342). Market, crowds lining the street (346), Temple of Juggernaut at Puri (361). Close shots Englishmen (378). People waving goodbye from dockside, dock scenes (402). Views from boat and on deck (424), views from ship of Suez Canal (460 ft).

 

Titles

  • GOVERNOR'S DURBAR, BIHAR AND ORISSA (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1929
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
460 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Photography
MONTGOMERY, E.J.
 

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