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India & Pakistan royalty-free footage in our collection

                                                                                             

 

INDIA (Including PAKISTAN up to end of 1940s) – CHRONOLOGICAL WITHIN EACH SECTION.

 

This list does not include Indian military / soldiers / campaigns during WWII - please contact us for lists

 

 

 

1. The following items are available on Masters and are considered in the Public Domain.  While most are sold by the reel, those marked with X are sold by the minute, with each continuous minute equivalent to our reel rates.

 

 

INDIA BEFORE PARTITION / INDEPENDENCE

 

220495          23:36:43 - 23:43:10            1910s ?          b/w     Si         Early Russian Material
INCLUDING:

India  Natives on streets.
23:37:36 - 23:39.27  The entrance at the Golden Temple, people on street past.  
Scenes from inside the temple, Sacred Brahmin Bull.  Hindus perform religious rites by statue of Bull.  23:38:3?  Natives feeding monkeys. Natives washing in river ?
23:39:01 The cremation of troops.  Building funeral pyre - pyre burning.  Natives wash body ? in river.  Natives in small boat prepare to drop body in river.
           

220932          23:06:35 - 23:07:10            09Mar30        B/W    SIL       Thousands Acclaim Gandhi On Eve Of Independence Tour

Mahatma Gandhi in white robes walks among crowds of followers during march to Jalalpur.  Followers packed into huge marquee.  Banners hanging from roof inc: Freedoms battle once begun/ Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son/ Though baffled oft is always won and We live in deeds not in years/ Independence for all and ever.  Gandhi mounts podium in marquee.

23:07:02:  AV followers march through crowded streets of Lahore.

 

220932          23:01:03 - 23:01:43            10May30        B/W    SIL       Gandhi Followers Checked By British In Salt Uprising
Crowd of followers in white robes some w/ flags march down lane.  MS Mahatma Ghandi w/ followers.  Ghandi surrounded by followers giving blessings.       

 

221140          01:07:05 - 01:07:56            24May30        B/W    Si         [Indian Men Perform Ritual Indian Dances and Jump through Tight Hoops]   24May30

Male dancers in ethnic costume perform traditional ritual dance; slow-motion sequence of dancing; Performers in different costume jump through hoop, spectators gathered in background, some with musical instruments, children sit at their feet; CU performer illustrates how the hoop is so small it wont fit over his shoulders; he runs and jumps through it towards camera.

 

221155          15:16:11 - 15:19:39            24Dec30                     B/W    Si        

Review of the Year

INCLUDING:

15:17:32 - 15:17:57            Leader of Millions Jailed by Authorities  India

Huge crowds in street & listening to Gandhi speaking from platform, rally with banners Live in Deeds  Beware of a Candid Friend.  Pacifist.

 

221143          06:28:11 - 06:28:46            1931   B/W    SIL       Gandhi Trudges 6 Miles On Foot! - Nationalist leader walks to Viceroys castle as protest against man-drawn vehicles (1931)  Simla, India
Ghandi leading followers walking along road followed by crowd.  Stop and talk.  Into compound past soldiers, greeted.    

 

221049          19:50:10 - 19:50:34            1934   B/W    SD        Earthquake
Low aerial of damage by NW India earthquake near Benares.  VS streets w/ wreckage being cleared.

 

220757          22:24:25 - 22:33:31            1935   B/W    SD        Big News of 1935
INCLUDING:

22:28:27 - 22:28:46 Earthquake in Far East levels town, Quetta, India - aftermath and destruction

220449          17:56:53 - 18:00:24            1930s             B/W    Sd        India - Riots - Gandhi
Decorated elephants in parade / procession. Muslims at prayer. Gandhi ?
17:57:57 Riots in India - British troops watch Indian policeman beating supporter of Gandhi. Crowds chased. Injured man carried away - more riot scenes, ambulance through crowd. Gandhi and others walk through field. Gandhi smiling broadly on train with American reporter - Gandhi at press conference - Gandhi in classic pose wearing white. Gandhi interviewed, he is wearing no shirt and shows skeletal body.

220439          06:08:00 - 06:11:39            1938   B/W    Si         Bombay Riots
Top shots rioting - Indian police with stocks.  Car carrying British through crowds.  Indians stage sit down - injured man on stretcher - ambulance.  British officers beating natives.  Riot scenes.
06:10:45 Passenger ship / ferry docking.  Gandhi and others disembark - mass of celebrating crowds. Gandhi sitting on platform.  Central prison - prisoners escorted through gates.

           

220406          07:44:21 - 07:53:19            1940s             B/W    Sd        Know Your Ally - Britain  R3 of 4
NB Most sequences in this film are short - montages
INCLUDING:

07:50:41 – 07:53:19 India & Maharaja's procession, street scenes Mysore.  Docks.  Viceroys executive council; Indian court; Indian armed forces.  Words of Jan Smuts narrated over scenes of Indian life re independence of India.  Street scenes - agriculture - bathing in Ganges.   Sign - for Highcasts only.  Nehru - Jinna  - Gandhi.   Newspaper headlines re Britain offers Dominion Status to India after war.   Map of India - animated to show strategic position.  Map of Europe.

220466          02:03:52 - 02:05:12            1942 ? 1947 B/W    Si         India - Moslems and Hindus Hail New States
Indian Independence Ceremony 1942.? Date from NARA.  Arrival of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. A few scenes of the ceremony. Mounted Sikhs in parade. Pandit Nehru gets out of car and speaks. Mounted Indian police drive back crowd. Great crowd in front of palace.           

 

220721          22:00:13 - 22:04:40            1942   B/W    Si         [Gandhi & Indian Congressmen]
Sign: Wardha Junction change for...  Oxcart, main street, tower w/ signs. Train arrival w/ soldier by track. People on platform toward camera w/ luggage.  Tea served to people on board.  Congressmen recently released from jail eating midday meal at rest house.  Ghandi out of car & along veranda of guest house. Various tongas arrive for meeting with Ghandi.  Ghandi leaving after meeting.  Car leaving guest house.

220721          22:04:42 - 22:06:52            1942   B/W    Si         [Ghandi Spinning & Walking]
Ghandi spinning while presiding in his mud hut at Sewagram.  General view of delegates.  Gandhi seen thru window.  Exterior of Ghandi's house & delegates leaving.  Ghandi with group walking down village road.  Man on porch talking to group.

221241          16:56:39 - 17:03:37            1942   B/W    SIL       [Rural India; Congress Party political meeting w/ Ghandi, Nehru & others]
Men spinning thread using feet & hand cranked machine.  Rural & kids picking twigs & stones from ground as woman & man watch.  School (?)
16:58:10  Hillside class of young boys & girls, village in background.
16:58:27  Morning street meeting around flag pole.  Women & men singing while at attention.  Jawaharlal Nehru & ?? standing.  MCU of flag. 
16:59:26  People milling about; drummers & marching band leading parade of VIPs including Maulana Azad, J.B. Kripalani, Sarojini Naidu, Nehru, C. Rajagopalachari, Chaffar Khan & many other leaders; many just released from jail.  Sardar Patel walking w/ Ghandi.  Ghandi & Azad sitting at low table. 
17:00:04  Ghandi & others standing as women at mic singing (Anthem?).  LS of large group around platform & shade cover w/ Ghandi & others on platform.  Azad at higher table talking & gesturing.  People taking notes, others reading, listening.  Man spins thread while listening.
17:00:56  Ghandi seated in front of mic speaking while others taking notes.  Ghandi receiving other VIPs while sitting in chair.  Others talking, smoking cigarettes.  Azad (wearing wool hat) at mic speaking.  Other speaking & gesturing.  VIPs seated, reclining.  LS of large number watching stage.  Women spinning & sewing while listening from special section. 
17:02:50  Rajagopalachari standing up wearing dark glasses & speaking at mic. 
17:03:06  Pandit Jeevamla speaking.
17:03:12  Nehru at mic speaking to meeting.

 

220590          17:19:19 - 17:20:07            1943   b/w     Sd        Hindu Pilgrims Hold Ancient Religious Fete
Massive gates of temple of Meenakshi ? Hindu shrine. Pilgrims gathered. Floats in religious parade - massive crowd.

           

X 221259      04:00:00 - 04:10:14            1944   B/W    SD        India (Main & end titles missing)
March of Time Forum Edition (? )
Indian street scenes.  Blind man, holy man; people bathing & washing clothes in Ganges [?]  Hindu religious parade, body burned on funeral pyre by river.  Sign: No Admission Except High Class Hindus  VO re caste system.  Pariahs or untouchables sweeping streets, members of higher castes walk past, at street markets etc. Calves in street.  Hindus & Muslims sit on street chatting; men eating; Brahma bull on sidewalk.  04:02:24  LS ornate palace; Maharaja of region out of palace in finery w/ aides; banner Long Live Our Maharaja; Maharaja in procession on elephant thru crowded streets, under ornate archway & banner Merchants Association - Long Live Our Maharaja.
04:03:21  Crowds of Hindus in white at outdoor rally; threat of Japanese invasion in WWII & British promises.  CU turning pages India Proposals - Dominion status after the War - New Constitution after the War - Representatives in the War Cabinet - Representatives at the Peace Conference.  Man at mic speaking MOS.
04:04:09  Village hut & Mahatma Gandhi looking frail w/ aides leaving.  Nehru & other National Congress Party members at microphone speaking to followers re: refusal to co-operate w/ Britain or UN against Axis powers [MOS].  Mohammed Ali Jinnah, leader of All-India Moslem League w/ party officials - wanted British to create separate Muslim state in northwest India; map of India showing area.  Sign Hindu Mahasabha (Presidential Office) - INT party chiefs.
04:05:47  Rural India, workers plant rice in paddy field.  Women in village - sign Cleanliness is 2nd to God - street riot, police lash out w/ batons.  Women into Lady Irwin College building w/ textbooks; INT women in large class, teacher weighing baby at front.  British supervise Indian workers in factory; workers outside factory; workers carry wool & at spinning machines & looms in textile factory
04:07:35  Train out of station at Mysore w/ people on platform.   Street scenes w/ colonial buildings & traffic, middle-class Indians at indoor gift market; workers in new paper mill.  Sentry on guard at hydroelectric dam. 04:09:07  Sign Tandomastikhan Fall 1931 - anti-drought measures.  VO re soaring population & overcrowding; boys in art class, crowds gather at coastal town. 
04:09:46  Nehru speaking (MOS) from platform.  Indian family walking in countryside w/ umbrella to shield from sun.

220789          05:33:14 - 05:39:01            1946   B/W    SD        India - Forum Edition
Establishing shots, monuments, street scenes etc.  Statue King George V.  Huge crowd of Muslims at prayer in courtyard. Various Hindu holy men.  Sign re shoe restrictions on entering temple.  Various Hindu rituals, bathing in the Ganges.  Hindu procession, carrying statues of gods. 
05:36:21 Hindu funeral on banks of Ganges.  Body laid on funeral pyre, burning. 
05:36:39 Re Caste system. Sign No Admission Except High Class Hindu.  Untouchables, poverty.  Street scenes, man sweeping street.  Street market.  People sitting on ground in streets, animals wander around including Bramah bull.
05:38:03 Maharajas palace - incredible wealth.  Ceremony.  Sign Merchants Assoc Mysore, Long Live our Maharaja.  Parade with elephants .

 

 

PARTITION / INDPENDENCE RELATED

 

220789          05:39:21 - 05:46:38            1946   B/W    SD       

India - Forum Edition, Reel 2
Political rally.  Book turning re British proposals for  Dominion Status after WWII.  Mahatma Gandhi walking with others.  Pandit Nehru making speech at outdoor rally of the Congress party.  Mohammed Ali Jinnah at table. Map of India.  Meeting of Hindu Mahasabha who oppose the Muslims, Congress and the Raj.
05:41:46 Rural India, rice cultivation in paddy fields. Sign, Cleanliness is 2nd to God.  Village life.  Family life, eating in circle.
05:42:31 Street riot, British and Indian police beat rioters.
05:42:46 Women students at Lady irwin College.  Interior classes in progress, mothercraft.  Boys in engineering class.  Workers going to factories.  Industry. Cotton mills.  Passenger train. 
05:43:42 Mysore railway station, modern buildings, architecture.  Trade exhibition. 
05:44:19 Industrialisation -  interior paper mill, finished paper packed.  Hydroelectric dam, irrigation system. Dam at Tandomastikhan Falls.  Irrigation channels through land.
05:45:26 Village, poverty.  Crowd scenes in cities and coast to show over population. Outdoor political meeting.  Nehru at microphone.  Gandhi walking down road with small group.   

 

220821          09:39:13 - 09:42:53            1946 - 1947 c          B/W    SD        Troop Trains In India
Locomotive comes towards and passes camera; enlisted men lean from windows.  VS arrival train at station; boys cross track; people on platform, some w/ fez hats;  G.I.P. on engine.  MS driver stoking engine.  Indian man w/ turban rings bell on platform.  Uniformed station guard waves flag and blows whistle, US film crew member visible on right.  CU wheels as train starts to move. 
09:41:30  MS train w/ B.B.C.I. on engine; whistle blows, train starts to move slowly; passenger dismounts.  Another train passes R-L, boy climbs aboard.  Trees and building in BG.

 

200556          10:12:16 - 10:14:07            1947   B/W    SIL       New Indian Dominions in Chaos
Refugees crowded onto trucks and carts fleeing.  Building burning.  Crowds of refugees walking along road with belongings,  man carrying bed on head.  Young children.  Women carry goats. 
10:13:27  Indian soldier firing gun.  Body in shroud.  Injured, bandages.  Train packed with fleeing people,  crowds on roof.  RV refugees walking down road.

220972          09:41:47 - 09:43:42            1947  c           B/W    SIL       [Nehru At Indian Flag-Raising Ceremony]
Indian officials in black Nehru-style jackets and caps follow British officer through crowd; man w/ 16mm film camera.  British officer and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru prepare to raise flag.  VS British and Indians in crowd inc. woman in sari w/ sunglasses and man in turban.  Child w/ raised hand.  Nehru at podium; photocall w/ Indian flag.  Officer, PM, and men in black jackets salute as flag raised.  AV crowd around flagpole.  Nehru speaking.  Indian officials and young child salute.  Nehru at podium.  Man in turban again.  MS official building w/ crowd; pan from building down to crowd.

 

221230          18:18:06 - 18:19:17            1947   B/W    Sd        Pakistan New Dominion As India Splits
Looking down large street scene in Karachi Pakistan w/ bicycles, trams, camels, cars. 
18:18:21  Government building;  men arriving for turn over from British Government.  Chairman & Assembly Speaker J.G. Mandal, First Governor General Ali Jinnah, Prime Minister Liaquat.  Interior of Parliament.  Flag flying from pole.

221244          22:01:11 - 22:02:31            1947   B/W    SIL       Pakistan New Dominion as India Splits
Street scenes w/ electric tram, bicycles cars & camels.  Government building, VIPs arrive & greeted.
22:01:45  Liaquat Ali Khan walking, surrounded by reporters.  More arrivals.  Mohammed Ali Jinnah walks w/ soldier & others. 
22:02:01  Interior w/ man addressing congress.   Lord Louis Mountbatten at table w/ Jinnah & members of Moslem Congress.  CU Mountbatten speaking.
22:02:21  Flag of Pakistan in breeze.  Brief ext shot.

221248          06:58:53 - 06:59:34            1947 (?)       B/W    SD        [British withdraw first troops from India after Independence]
Massed soldiers on Bombay dock, Mountbatten saying goodbye to first British troops being withdrawn after Independence Day.  CU Mountbatten happy & joking.  Name on ship  Georgic.  Mountbatten & wife off ship & waving.  Soldiers in rigging.  Indian flags hang off ship; Indian troops on dock saluting w/ caps.  Mountbatten & wife waving goodbye seen from behind framed in doorway (good shot).

 

220972          09:43:45 - 09:45:01            1947c B/W    SIL       [Pakistan Courtroom]
AV Pakistani? courtroom; politicians in white robes.  PM / judge? speaks at podium.  Man waves Pakistani flag; gives flag and books to PM / judge at podium.   ? leaves court w/ aides and reporters, driven away in car w/ Pakistani flag.  MCUs male and female official; ? exit from court to car repeated w/ pan to Pakistani flag on hood.
Independence.

 

221261          07:53:36 - 07:57:06            1947   B/W    SIL       [Hyderabad Evacuation of Women & Children; Karachi Street Scenes, ca 1947
Man & man walk small girl to airplane; man w/ two small girls to plane.  US military plane nearby.  Old man & others evacuating.  Beside plane w/ dog.  Boarding BOAC plane, dog .  Inside airplane w/ women & children sitting on floor.  Engines start & plane taxiis & takes off.
07:55:52  Bus past camera, traffic policeman at intersection.  Street scenes of town w/ bridge 7 large building beyond, pedicabs, bicycles, oxen carts & pedestrians.  POV from car thru street. Karachi city street w/ large arch.

See 221260 06:20:54 - 06:21:19 below for complimentary shots

221248          06:53:22 - 06:58:11            1947   B/W    SD        [Indias Flag Raising At United Nations, Aug47]
Flag brought by guard to pole & attached to rope by Indian, raised to top of pole to applause.  Shot of people watching on sidewalk & drive; various VIPS speak including British who speaks about bringing down the flag as sadness & regret but hopes the new flag carries forward into a brighter future & bette memories.
06:55:26  Indian delegate thanks Secretary General and speaks from notes about thanks to numerous martyrs who struggled for freedom.  Indian woman stands next to him.  Flag raising repeat for photographers. CU of flag & among others.

 

221260          05:00:04 - 05:09:51            1947   B/W    Sd/Sil  [India, Independence related - Nehru, Mountbatten]
Nehru at microphone speaking (MOS) before political party or Congress. Others speaking (MOS).  Tilt down Ext. of large government building w/ columns & red carpet.
05:01:24  Motorcade w/ traffic directed & Indian soldiers giving directions; arriving at large building w/ columns. 
05:02:03  Planes fly-over.  Men & women VIPs down steps on red carpet, European & Indians.  Into car as people watch.  Nehru on steps, walks down slowly w/ Indians.  Into car.  Lord Mountbatten & wife in dress uniform & tiara on wife walking slowly down stairs.  Indian formal horse guard & carriage for Mountbattens.  Tour thru city.  Indian flag from monument & light poles.  Car painted w/ colors & insignia of flag.
05:04:50  Crowd under trees in square waiting & arrival of Mountbattens.  Indian flag flying from pole. 
05:05:45  Int. Mountbattens enter & slowly walk.  Ext. horse guards at attention.  Mounted troops around square.  Crowds milling w/ very large monument in background.  Indian Army Troops drilling on field, marching.  Indians watch,
05:08:11  Sd. Mountbatten & wife riding in open car to Government House to meet w/ Muhammed Ali Jinnah, enter.  At mics (MOS) w/ Jinnah.  Both leaving.  Next day at swearing in, Pakistan flag flying. 
05:09:02  People running in street.  Crowd outside building.  Int. w/ Nehru at mic.  Ext. of people watching, waving to Mountbattens in carriage.  Wounded man.  Mountbattens thru crowd.

221260          05:18:12 - 05:22:27            1947   B/W    SIL       [Pakistan Independence w/ Mountbattens & Jinnahs & VIPS]
Lord Mountbatten at podium speaking (MOS); Ali Jennah speaking.  Jennah & Mountbatten w/ wives outside building reviewing & saluting; pan over crowd of people & military standing.  Mountbatten & Jinnah into open limousine, leaving & waving.  Scottish piper-band.  Mountbatten & Jinnah arrive back at ?? building.
05:19:59  Pakistan honor guard marching, MCU & CU.  Jinnah Gate.  Motorcade through & Britih military in white uniforms.  Government VIPs arriving & seated for ceremony. 
05:20:40  VIPs standing, waiting as 4-engine plane taxiis up & Europeans off & shaking hands.  Lord Mountbatten & wife.  W/ Jinnah & wife.  British twin-engine plane arrives & military VIPs off & hand shaking w/ other military generals etc.  Into cars.   
Independence Preparations; Ceremony; Arrivals;

221260          05:22:28 - 05:23:24            1947   B/W    SIL       [Pakistan, Jinnah & Wife Arrive By Train, Aug47]
Street scenes, pedestrians, carts & camels.  Ghandi statue.  Brahma cow in street.  Train & celebrating men riding it; boxes & goods unloaded to platform.  Jinnah & wife in train doorway, cheered by men as they leave.  Walk past people & salute & wave outside government building. 
Independence Preparations; Arrivals;

221260          05:23:36 - 05:26:03            1947   B/W    Sd/Sil  [United Nation Flag Raising Ceremony For India, Aug47]
British flag lowered at Lake Success United Nations.  Indian flag raised.  Small crowd watching from sidewalk & street as speeches are given by British & Indian.  CU of flag; flying among others.  Folding British flag seen from above.  Raising Indian flag see from above.  Cutaways of speaker, flag, crowd.  Handshaking.
Independence Preparations; Ceremony; Arrivals;

221260          05:26:07 - 05:27:46            1947   B/W    SD        Two New Dominions
Carts, bicycles & street activity.  Barber on street, people in CU.  Street signs in CU of English names.
05:26:34  Londons India House & Indians attending flag raising.  MCU of faces.  Krishna Menon speaks (SOF) of the new freedom.
05:27:16  Karachi, Pakistan Honor guard on horseback.  Lord & Lady Mountbatten w/ crowds in street, watch merry-go-round or carousel.  Performing bear.
Independence Celebrations; Ceremony;

221261          07:46:09 - 07:53:27            1947   B/W    SIL       [Pakistan Independence Ceremony, ca 15Aug47]
Unid. VIPs in wool hats & fez greeting Mountbatten & wife arriving by small plane.  Greeted by British military first.  Shaking hands.  Saluted by British officer; into car.  Arrival at government building w/ red carpet.  CUt of man w/ Pakistani flag necktie.  Ali Jennah & wife arrive & enter. 
07:47:22  Mountbattens arrive in old open convertible.  Stand at attention, he salutes.  Enter building in mcu.  British soldiers at attention w/ rifles, llining streets.  Mountbatten & Jinnah in car together, wieves in another.  Scenes of various military looking & standing. 
07:48:32  VIPS seated talking, outdoors.  Civilians & military. 
07:48:54  Jinnah walking formally out of building behind two military men.  Standing & waving to crowd.  Others standing.  Man reads something to him.  British wigged judge stands beside.  Other men read, VIPs listen.  Men sign at small table after reading statements. 
07:50:20  Pakistan flag on pole blowing in wind.  Jinnah crosses lawn beneath flag, military assembled & reviewed by Jinnah.  Exchange salutes.  Returns into building.  CU flag.  Jinnah shaking hands of guests.  On balcony w/ wife.  Old Pakistan flag flying.  Pan to crowd on field nearby.  High angle of offical cars lined up.
07:52:08  Int.  Mountbatten & Jinnah standing at microphones, sit down.  Mountbatten reading speech (MOS).  Wives listening.  Jinnah reading speech.
07:52:50  Crescent Moon & Star of Pakistan flag at night in light bulbs w/ moving lights.  Port of Pakistan lights moving, blinking. (GOOD).

221261          07:00:05 - 07:07:18            1947   B/W    SIL       [India & Pakistan Scenes]
Indians past Indian soldiers outside government building; British soldiers also around.  Nehru (?) & others on balcony looking down at crowd. 
07:00:35 Nehru out of car, up steps.  Three European women in print dresses also up steps.  Indians running toward camera.  LS Mountbattens (?) & others arrive in carriage, into building.  Mounted troops on horseback w/ flags past camera, line up in front of building.
07:02:04  CU Nehru (rolls out of frame).
07:02:23  MCU Nehru w/ hedge behind.  Large arch w/ India on top. 
07:02:41  Int. w/ ?? speaking at mic to ??  Nehru at mic speaking, shadows of fans visible.  Mountbatten speaking at mics.  Ali Jinnah speaking.
07:03:25  Mountbatten & Jinnah walk out & stand, Jinnah waves.    Into convertible car & ride thru street waving.  Crowds watching. 
07:04:29  Indian troops at attention.  Crowds.  Indian flag flying from flag pole.  Three US twin-engine planes in low flyover.  11 single engine planes over.  LS of street w/ dome buildings & massive crowds; horsemen riding up.  Crowds lining street & wave to camera.  Car past w/ Jinnah & wife followed by other cars through small Jinnah Gate.  Car w/ Mountbatten & wife past waving; thru Jinnah Gate.
07:05:36  Mountbatten & wife standing, he salutes.
07:05:41  Int. w/ Mountbatten & Jinnah to podium at front of room.  Mountbatten speaking (MOS).  Ext. w/ locals sitting on grass listening.  Mounted & foot soldiers push crowds back.  Various units of troops march past.  Crowd w/ Indian flag on pole, pan across.  Flyover.

 

 

 

PARTITION AFTERMATH

 

221260          06:20:54 - 06:21:19            1948   B/W    SIL       [Hyderabad, India Civilian Evacuation ca 1948]
Street scene w/ large gate, carts & pedestrians.  Pan over city & river bridge.  Airport & people around BOAC airplane & boarding w/ children & women.  Beginning to taxi.  Abrupt ending.

See 221261 07:53:36 - 07:57:06 above for complimentary shots

 

220466          02:01:50 - 02:03:51            1948   B/W    Si         Delhi - Rioting, Terror in Capital of India
Exts of palace, crowd assembled in front of the palace, bowing in prayer. LS, in factory yard, in the distance smoking, burning buildings. Streets littered with dead; body is carried on litter / stretcher. Long line of Indians carry belongings and walk through streets. Great crowd assembled in front of palace. Men, women, and children wait in line for water ration. Cut-ins, people in line; various utensils used to collect their water ration.

 

 

POST INDEPENDENCE

 

220809          15:23:18 - 15:25:15            1946 -  1948            B/W    SD        Gandhi Slain - News Shocks World - Film Story of his Amazing Career (Narr intermittent)
Mahatma Gandhi walking through crowds which are held back by police.  Gandhi with beads, speaks to crowd. Gandhi on bed.  Riot scenes, British police / army  beat demonstrators.  Brief shots re partition,  crowds on streets,  Nehru with others. 
12:24:27 Moslem section in flames, Indian soldier with machine gun.  Dead bodies in street including child.  Refugees walking on road. 
12:24:51 Chinas Chou En Lai arrives by plane, greeted by Nehru.  Chou reviews guard of honour

 

220932          23:26:19 - 23:28:47            1948   B/W    Sd/Sil 

Mahatma Gandhi Assassination
VS Mahatma Gandhi and crowds of followers inc. Independence tour, Lahore.  Gandhi meeting unid. Westerner.  Meeting w/ Gandhi to reconcile Muslim-Hindu dispute.  Photocall Gandhi and unid. Western couple.  Gandhi followers Salt Uprising?
23:27:17:  Gandhi helped onto a podium.  Street clashes [following assassination?] 
23:27:39:  Mourners beside Gandhis body.
23:28:11:  Tribute speech by unid. politician, UN or Indian parliament?              Narration incomplete.

 

X 221168      12:33:32 - 12:52:11            1955[+ 1910s - 1940s ]    B/W    SD        Mahatma Gandhi
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
United Nations flag lowered to half mast 13Jan48 after Gandhis assassination; brief shot mourners around Gandhis body; UN Assembly.  Many stock shots Gandhi - Indian temples.  VO gives historical background.  Still photo of Gandhi as young law student.  CU sacred Indian text - Hindu temples - ancient carvings - Bible pages turning.  Mourners over body.  Gandhi in robes greeting crowds of followers.
12:38:16  Funeral  of Indian Congress Party leader Lokmanya Tilak, 1920.  Meeting of Congress Party w/ CUs new leader Gandhi at microphone; huge crowd of Hindus in white robes; Indian women working.  Gandhi at spinning wheel, VO re Homespun Movement to stop most Indian cotton going to England; equal rights for women.  Madras Congress. 
12:39:00  1928 Calcutta Congress during Indian boycott of English goods.  1930 Gandhi speaking re British tax on salt [MOS].  Salt March in progress, crowds in white, marchers reach the sea.  Gandhi breaks law by distilling salt.  Riot police quell demonstration in city - poster GandhI-Irwin Agreement Signed.
12:42:57  Karachi Congress.  Gandhi leaves Bombay on SS Rajputana for England - laughing as he plays w/ baby.  Gandhi at Round Table Conference in London.  Demonstrations against Viceroys harsh rule in India - officials in Colonial hats.  Jawaharlal Nehru.  Rioting.  Gandhi returns.  Vars shots of Gandhi & followers during campaign for equality for the untouchables. 
12:44:48  Gandhi fasting after arrest - more demonstrations.  Gandhi out of prison.  Women spinning cotton in long line.  Rural village - Gandhi receiving visitors in one-room adobe hut.  Gandhi back in politics 1938 - Congress leader Chandra Bose - VO re opposition to policy of non-violence.  Bose & followers. 
12:47:20  22Mar42  Gandhi & Congress members meeting Sir Stafford Cripps re new Indian Constitution.  Top shots street demonstrations.  Funeral of Gandhis wife.  Gandhi out of prison after fast looking weak.
12:48:45  12Aug46  Nehru reviews troops at frontier upon formation of new government.  Gandhi visiting Muslim region. 
12:49:48  15Aug47  Indian Independence, British withdrawal.  Troops onto ship SS Georgic, dock scenes.  Neon light display Indian flag.  Gandhi w/ family - VO re assassination 30Jan45.
12:51:19  Funeral procession for Gandhi - body burned - ashes scattered - UN flag.



220929          18:10:05 - 18:10:48            1949   B/W    SD        News In Brief: India
VS Indian festival w/ Maharaja on elephant, men on horseback, crowds. VS Maharajas palace at night time, covered in lights.

 

221261          07:35:34 - 07:39:11            195?   B/W    Sd/Sil  [India w Nehru Hosts Conference w/ Southeast Asia Delegates, unknown date]
Twin-engine Indian Airlines airplane arrives, VIPs greeted.  Walk past camera, civilian reviews military troops.  Others walk from large 4-engine plane.  Walking past camera, limousine past; Indian flag flying.  4-engine plane arrives & ?? in fez & Nehru off & greeted.  Stand talking.  Man in fez reviews troops,
07:37:07  Shaking hands w/ Arab & others.  Arrivals of more delegates to Conference who do military  review.
07:38:04  Large building, delegates walking to it.  Int.  Nehru & delegates at table, cameramen taking pictures.  Papers put on table. 

X LN 505-093           03:08:51 - 03:16:12            1951   B/W    SD        World Trade For Better Living  [Part 1 of 2]
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
INCLUDING: 
03:11:33 -  03:12:12   India [?] - oxen pulling ploughs in rice paddy - VO we are poor by your standards - women cooking & weaving using traditional methods.  Street market - Sikh men w/ turbans - Western goods on sale inc. torches, alarm clocks & sweaters, one of which seems to have swastika pattern! - rickshaws etc. in traffic along crowded street.

X 221227      12:56:20 - 13:15:06            1953   COL      SD        Major Religions of the World (Development and Rituals)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Animation of outer space w/ zoom in on Earth.  Montage of artwork depicting Creation & primitive religions - VO re development of religious thinking.  Map of Middle East & Asia w/ five major religions pinpointed.  Development of Hinduism described.
& INCLUDING:

12:58:58 - 13:01:48    Decorated hands examining pages of Bhagavad Gita.  Indian street scenes w/ cows among traffic & pedestrians - street market.  Brahman priest in street.  Woman praying at shrine.  CUs Hindu Gods carved in buildings.  VO re spread of Buddhism.  Site of Buddhas awakening at Bodh Gaya, India - statue laying on side - Tripitaka ancient scriptures.  Map shows development of Buddhism outside India.

220843          18:05:42 - 18:09:02            1956c B/W    SIL       [Ethiopian Leader Haile Selassie II Visits India]
Bombay:  welcome sign; marching navy.  Gateway to India arch just visible.  Boats arrive & Selassie shakes hands with leader in white.  Reviews sailors.  Meets VIPs, Bombay seafront just visible behind.  Motorcade through city streets lined w/ people [poor quality shots].  Selassie in chair & others listening to ??  Through dairy barn. 
18:08:11  View of Bombay from hill across bay.  Outdoor dinner - Selassie at table w/ mics.  Gifts exchanged.

220914          20:20:20 - 20:25:05            1957c b/w     Si         Military & Nehru Reviewing Large Parade
Nehru & military at event in Delhi.  Greets woman & ???  People in grandstand watching.  Royal carriage with many horses.  People lining street, large monument in distance.  Army trucks, weapons, etc pulled past reviewing stand.  Riders on horseback with flags past.  Camel Corps past. Marching units. Elephants ridden some with houdas etc.  Floats pulled by trucks & tractors.  Shot from top of monument looking down at crowds watching marchers.  Floats past camera in front of Gate of India arch.       

 

220914          20:28:00 - 20:30:24            1957c b/w     Si         Funeral - Parade - India - Demonstration against Pakistan
Corpse carried on poles past demonstrators.  Set on fire.  Army troops push, others watch.  Police with poles rush crowd.  Wounded carried off.  Army marches.  Placard: Down with Pakistani hooliganism.

 

220758          23:33:56 - 23:34:44            1959   B/W    SD        News in Brief - India - Builds village  for Tibetan refugees fleeing Communist Chinese rule.
Bamboo huts.  Tibetan natives arrive and are given clothes and medical examination.

220788          04:55:37 - 04:56:10            1960s             B/W    SIL       India - Shastri Addresses Parliament
Shastri addressing India's Parliament. Various shots members of parliament listening. 
111 LC 49493           PD      

 

220788          04:56:11 - 04:57:38            1960s ?          B/W    SD        Kashmir - While The World Waited
Indian troops firing artillery during fighting along the Kashmir Border.  Indian troops patrolling border.  Land mines.  Indian troops with pack horses move into mountains.  Burned out house, firefighting.  Arms cache.  Refugees - bomb damaged buildings smoking.         

 

X LN 400-214           22:49:35 - 23:00:30            1960s B/W    SD        Bright Flame  Pt. 1 of 3
Prod. by Commission On Missionary Education of the National Council of Churches
Fireworks exploding in India w/ buildings outlined in lights during Diwali festival of Good over Evil & Prosperity.  CU people watching; kids w/ sparklers.  Woman making offering of candles, oil & food.  Bowing to painting.
22:51:34  Pouring steel.  Taj Mahal.  Dancers, snake charmers, automobile & truck factory.  Camel, dam, villages.  Street scenes, crowds & bicycle rickshaws.
22:52:41  MCU of Christian talking about church in India.
22:53:44  Pan over Kanpur rooftops w/ smog.  People on sidewalk & traffic past.  Many bicycle rickshaws.  Indian boy arriving on train from village, wandering along road.  Traffic policeman, CU boy face & feet.  Talking to storekeeper.  CU feet walking; MS talking to store owners.  Outside factory & working in textile mill, looms working, belt driven. 
22:57:00  Washing up, dripping faucet into bowl.  Bare room, lights candle.  CU thinking.  Eating bread from warmer container.  Lays on bed looking at ceiling.
22:58:28  Another worker talking to him in factory; he goes to talk to Reverend Zarin Ralston  (sp?) who conducts ministry in Industrial Evangelism w/ United Church of North India.
22:59:05  Night school for men w/ Reverend at blackboard.  CU men talking, instructor.  Pan over women & men at meeting.
22;59:50  Painting & Reverend conducting home church service. 

 

220878          12:26:42 - 12:27:09            1961   B/W    SD        News In Brief - India
World Council of Churches meets in New Delhi for 3rd Assembly.  Inside conference.  Russian Orthodox priest present for first time.

 

220294          14:18:20 - 14:19:16            1963   B/W    Sd        News in Brief : India Celebrates Republic Day - 14th anniversary of Independence
President greeted by Nehru as he arrives to review parade - Military troops and equipment in parade. Prime Minister Nehru and cabinet ministers march in parade - elephants in parade.        

 

220522          18:00:54 - 18:02:48            1964   b/w     Sd        Final Tribute - Throngs Pay Homage to Nehru
Crowds lining streets in New Delhi as body of Nehru transported on gun carriage. Mourning crowds. Mrs Pandit Nehru ( daughter ) and sister ride in funeral cortege. Funeral pyre on banks of river Jumna. Lord Louis Mountbatten - Dean Rusk and Lord Hume, official representatives at funeral.  Lighting pyre.

 

220516          09:47:37 - 09:50:23            1920s-1964 b/w     Sd        World mourns Nehru - obituary
LS Taj Mahal
Jawaharlal Nehru with ??.  Giving speech to huge crowd (no sound). Last pictures taken one month before death with Sheik Abdullah re Kashmir  dispute.
CU younger Nehru.  Walking with group.  Mohandas Gandhi talking to small crowd.  Gandhi lying in bed, Nehru sitting in room.
Nehru with Mountbatten.
Parade for Indian independence August 1947, vast crowds. Nehru gives speech.
Nehru  out of  plane with wife for first visit to United States in 1949, with Truman.  Motorcade through New York, Nehru standing in open topped car waving.  Shakes hands Truman.
1960: With Eisenhower during his visit to India, shake hands.
Nehru in Washington with President Kennedy walking in White House grounds.
Crowd outside Nehrus gates and residence to pay tribute. Indian flag. Nehru corpse guarded, wreath brought in.

 

220919          02:26:02 - 02:32:28            1Jan65           B/W    Sd        News Highlights of 1964

INCLUDING:

02:27:44 - 02:28:16  Death of Nehru; Nehru with JFK; Hindu funeral

AND

02:28:56 - 02:29:32  Pope Paul VI mobbed on visits to Jerusalem, Sea of Galilee, and Bombay

 

220523          19:27:01 - 19:28:40            20Sep65         b/w     Sd        Kashmir War - China Threatens India on New Front
Artillery firing at hillsides in India / Pakistan border dispute.  Chinese troops patrol border.  Indian ? troops with pack animals.  Kashmir - damaged buildings - hosing down burning building.  Arms on display.  Kashmir natives walking around streets.  

 

220524          20:15:23 - 20:16:06            28Feb66         B/W    Sd        Ghana Revolt - Army Puts End to One-Man Rule

last pictures of Nkrumah before his overthrow.

Indira Ghandi meets President Nkrumah  who was visiting India en route for China. Nkrumah and Indira Gandhi seated on couch.  Nkrumah and Ghandi in car.            

 

220523          19:45:25 - 19:46:37            17Jan66         b/w     Sd        Shastri Mourned - World in Tribute to Indias Leader
Crowds lining streets to pay tribute to Prime Minister of India, Shastri. Body  carried on open carriage. Cremated on banks of river. Pyre alight. Hubert Humphrey  in New Delhi for funeral visits Indira Gandhi, currently Minister of information.    

 

220467          03:26:54 - 03:27:48            1967   b/w     Sd        News In Brief -India
Floods -  streets under water, woman with bucket, locals wading through streets. Sick man taken to hospital on stretcher. Interior house, young Indian woman wading through room carrying tea to man sitting on bed. Commentary says severe weather was in some ways a blessing following years of drought.

 

 

 

 

 

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SN 302-003  00:10:48 - 00:20:47            1932   COL      SD        Twice Upon a Caravan R2 by Robert Fulton, Jr.
Open air car in desert in Syria. Fulton and motorbike riding through desert. Fulton kicking sand to test density. Animal skeleton lying in desert. Fulton resting by side of bike. Fort in desert. Enters desert in Iraq. Abandoned trucks. Meets with truck also crossing desert.
00:12:27 Map of Iraq part of motorcycle journey.  Road Sign Ramadi - 5 Kilos. Bike standing in middle of dust storm.  Arab men in village, camels, dhows  and other boats on Euphrates River.  Mesopotamian ruin of ziggeraut temple. Baghdad street with cars in street. Pontoon Bridge across river. Pan over Baghdad. Fulton with villagers eating. Fulton by side of ship on dock with many Arab men. Baghdad hospital. Two soldiers on camels. Fulton and bike on hard desert surface. Camel caravan. Bike being loaded onto boat.
00:17:00 Map of Persian Gulf. Vs passing through Persian Gulf. Arrival at Bombay, India. Motorcycle off loaded from ship. Arch in Bombay. Passing through streets, double decker bus. Man on oxen cart. Bullocks hauling wood, raising water, plowing fields. Water wheels. High speed bullock cars. Camel cars. People riding donkeys and horses. People carrying litters. Women carrying huge loads of straw on heads. Wild boars in brush.  Crossing railroad trestle bridge on bike. Bike through muddy ditches.
00:19:31 Map of India with Rajputana. VS Beautiful marble city on shores of lake. Royal palace. Camels walking through city streets. Elephants on city streets. Man riding elephant in wedding procession. Groom on horseback. Two warriors with swords. Women and children at wedding.

 

SN 302-003  00:20:48 - 00:30:51           1932   COL      SD        Twice Upon a Caravan R3 by Robert Fulton, Jr.
VS streets of Udaipur with basket factories, barbershops, messengers.  Marketplaces, camel carrying load, temples and holy cows. Boat on waterfront. Women doing laundry by banks of lake. Man brushing his teeth. Beautiful white marble palaces. Fountains, courtyards. Views across lake to another palace. Fulton and bike on washed out road. Pulling bike out of rut. Astronomical observatory. Fulton on skis in Himilayas. Mountain Lake. VS Fulton skiing. Fulton riding bike into Lahore. Canon in central square. Bike resting next to road sign for Multan. Boats docked on Indus River. Mountain views. Guards on look out on hilltop.
00:23:25 Map of India bike journey going north towards Afghanistan. Soldiers on hill outposts. Military encampment with tents. Soldiers firing arrows at target building. Zeri tower compounds.  VS mountain views. Men making music. Tribal Sword dance. Fulton heads towards eastern end of Khyber Pass. View of Khyber Pass. Enters Afghanistan. Mountain views. Camel Caravans against snowy mountain views. Camel drivers pose for picture. South of Kabul views of two monuments to Mokhmud. Ancient walls of city. People on street. Domed dwellings. Fixing flat tire. Bike stuck in mud during rainy season. Afghans smoking hubble bubble pipe. Filling water from mud puddles. Farming with oxen on barren land. Migrating people with goats, donkeys, camels, etc.  VS of Kabul. No motor traffic. Views of mosques. Camel caravans         

 

SN 302-002  01:10:06 - 01:25:30            1980s COL      SD        India
Sun rise over mountains and plain. Woman carrying jug on head.  LS group of women on road with jugs on head. Oxcarts crossing railroad tracks. Train passes, POV of track, scenery, station from train window. VS of trains, stations, crowded platforms, many people on streets and railroad stations. Int. with railroad executive.
01:12:55 Computer screen of reservation system. Int. with rr and computer executives. Moving shot of railroad customers waiting in line from POV of ticket sellers.  Workers with computers. Computer screens and workers re reservation system intercut with executive interviews. Interview with ticket buyers. Computer screens, trains, cadcam type applications with moped graphic.  Scooter manufacturing plant.  office workers with computers.  Shop floor. Cadcam stations and computer graphics of cadcam design re motor scooters and parts. Manufacturing process - welding, etc. Large room filled with finished scooters. Scanning paperwork. Printer printing out old computer forms. People working at computers and computer graphics.
01:21:38 Push In on cranes on pier that are building port. Int. with woman in charge of port construction. Int. with men involved in port construction. VS of port, ships, computer graphics re vessel profiling, scheduling, computer room with big computers. Freighter being loaded. LS of freighter in water, nice effect with water splashing on lens. Pull back from setting sun. 

 

 

 

INDIA RELATED (LOCATIONS OUTSIDE INDIA or INDIANS ABROAD)

 

220707          04:31:08 - 04:35:30            1943?            B/W    SIL      

Unidentified meeting - Re British Imperialism and the India Question
Meeting in office between British officer wearing kilt General MacLean and Gen. Vilibat of Yugoslavia. Second British officer comes in with map which the three look at.   Three men walking in gardens and take seat on bench - pose for cameras. 

220707          04:35:33 - 04:40:01            1943?            B/W    SIL      

Unid - Re British Imperialism and the India Question
Rolls Royce flying Union Jack outside No. 10?  People leaving including Anthony Eden.  Winston Churchill and ? on steps.  Churchill into car and away.  Group of  VIPs waiting for cars.
04:37:11 Exterior of the India Office.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Interior meeting of British VIPs with Indian army officer? and  Maharajah of Kashmir.  Group leaving building  by Burma Office door.

220875          07:29:08 - 07:32:16            1945   B/W    SD        San Francisco Conference
INCLUDING: 
07:31:50 - 07:34:03   GG) Ext. w/ sign Congres International des Femmes & many national flags.  Int. w/ people entering & taking places behind desk on stage & in audience.  Russian delegate Nina Popova, Labor Union Leader, pens session at mic.  Indian delegate in sari, applauding.  Two men seated on stage.  LS showing hall & banner above.  CU of dove emblem. 

221230          18:23:50 - 18:24:32            1947   B/W    Sd/Sil  News Flashes - [India Flag Raised At United Nations]
High angle of people and flag poles.  Lowering of British Flag & raising of Indias flag at United Nations.  People watching.  British man speaking; Indian woman beside him.  Indian man speaking at microphine from notes, Indian woman next to him.  CU of flag w/ others on poles in wind.
Independence; Diplomacy; End of British Colonial Empire;

 

221248          06:53:22 - 06:58:11            1947   B/W    SD        [Indias Flag Raising At United Naitons, Aug47]
Flag brought by guard to pole & attached to rope by Indian, raised to top of pole to applause.  Shot of people watching on sidewalk & drive; various VIPS speak including British who speaks about bringing down the flag as sadness & regret but hopes the new flag carries forward into a brighter future & bette memories.
06:55:26  Indian delegate thanks Secretary General and speaks from notes about thanks to numerous martyrs who struggled for freedom.  Indian woman stands next to him.  Flag raising repeat for photographers.CU of flag & among others.
Independence; United Nations Membership Ceremony; End of Empire; Post-Colonialism;

221260          05:23:36 - 05:26:03            1947   B/W    Sd/Sil  [United Nation Flag Raising Ceremony For India, Aug47]
British flag lowered at Lake Success United Nations.  Indian flag raised.  Small crowd watching from sidewalk & street as speeches are given by British & Indian.  CU of flag; flying among others.  Folding British flag seen from above.  Raising Indian flag see from above.  Cutaways of speaker, flag, crowd.  Handshaking.
Independence Preparations; Ceremony; Arrivals;

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