Turner Collection: 4: Imperial Airways. Bombay voyage. India. 1930s

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/103/004).

Synopsis

Tourist trip around sites of Delhi. Rural life. Imperial Airways aircraft on ground . Working then housed in hangar. Train journey to Bombay where Ocean liner is boarded with views of docks and city sea front. Aden sea front. Tea party with group of young college people in Cambridge? then rowing on the river.

Production / Donor Details: This collection was shot by Reggie Turner, who went to India after World War I to work as an Administrator in the refinery arm of a new oil exploration venture 'Attack Oil'.

 

Titles

  • Turner Collection: 4: Imperial Airways. Bombay voyage. India. 1930s (Archive)
Series Title:
Turner Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1930
Running Time:
approx 16m 40s
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
approx 400ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis