GOVERNMENT HOUSE BODYGUARD
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6223).
Synopsis
Close-up of a lamp? on the side of a building with a crown on top. Scenes of the Governor General's Bodyguards (mounted Sikhs with red tunics), Government House, New Delhi. Detailed close-up of one of the guard. Close-up of a Scottish piper. The Indian troops ride towards the camera. Close-up of a guard. Close-up of British mounted officer? Shots of detail on uniform. Shots of the officer standing next to his horse.
Notes
Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.
Date: refers to stock dates on Kodachrome
Technical: original/copy status of film not marked
Similar shots also in MGH 6251
Summary: subject related to Partition of India in August 1947.
Titles
- GOVERNMENT HOUSE BODYGUARD (Allocated)
- Series Title:
- COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILM
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1947
- Running Time:
- 2 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 16mm
- Colour:
- Colour
- Sound:
- Silent
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- cameraman
- Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Lieutenant-Colonel)
