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Clip #: TFA-54C
Length: 8:31
Year: 1931
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
A tour of the Indian city of Benares in the 1930's
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Clip #: TFA-351B
Length: 18:35
Year: 1933
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
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India Speaks is a 1933 Pre-Code adventure film, combining elements of documentaries and travelogue programs, mostly taking place on the Indian sub-continent along with staged bits spliced in to aid story flow. Produced by Walter Futter from a screenplay by Norman Houston, the film was directed,...
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Clip #: TFA-153C
Length: 17:02
Year: 1951
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
The traditions and changing agriculture and social structure of India in the 1950's.
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Clip #: TFA-150F
Length: 9:23
Year: 1941
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1940s
Description:
Palaces and famous buildings in prominent India cities in the 1940's.
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Clip #: TFA-268B
Length: 12:58
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
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Portrays the life of an average middle class Hindu family that leaves near Benares.
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Clip #: TFA-99C
Length: 7:25
Year: 1934
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
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Indian mahout elephant drivers ride elephants into a pool and bath them.
indian men paint delicate patterns on head and trunk of an elephant in preparation for a Durbar ceremony. The elephants are covered with gold blankets and ornate head coverings, elaborate indian durbar procession with...
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Clip #: TFA-234A
Length: 12:57
Year: 1954
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
The daily life of an estate caretaker's family living in Banaras (Varanasi) India in the 1950s.
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Clip #: TFA-319A
Length: 26:37
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
The lavish governmental, religious and military ceremonies for Emperor Haile Selassie’s coronation in 1930. While other US and European film crews were present, Burton Holmes was the only cameraman allowed inside the Royal Enclosure. Includes footage of the coronation, various foreign...
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Clip #: TFA-142D
Length: 9:01
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1950s
Description:
An educational film about India in the 1950s
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Clip #: TFA-220B
Length: 11:05
Year: 1939
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
The majestic elephants of Africa and India in the 1930's.
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