India, 1951-1952–Dorothy Stebbins Bowles–home movies. Reel 21

India, 1951-1952--Dorothy Stebbins Bowles--home movies. Reel 21


Video:

Identifier:
2747.0024
Collection:
Bowles, Dorothy Stebbins Collection
Date:
1951-1952
Original Format:
16mm film
Color:
color
Sound:
silent
Duration:
400 ft
Can Description:
India, 1951-1952;Village Development Project - Stahwah, UP: pump, village, carpenter shop, meeting;Taj Mahal;Kerala: bullock cart, wild baby elephant in trap, work elephants;Kerala: village project, dam, fishing village, beach and harbor/Trivandrum, street scenes, washing elephant, cutting coconut;Sri Lanka (Ceylon): harbor at Colombo, Kelaniya/Buddhist temple, southern coast, tea factory, Mt. Lavinia, train trip and station, fishing vllage
Viewing Notes:
Village Development Project: Chet talking to some Indian men by an irrigation system. Pan of Indian village. Cows in stables, a man working on a wooden wheel, camels. Dark footage of Indian men gathered inside a building listening to someone talk. Chet, Cynthia, Sally, and Sam in front of the Taj Mahal.;Kerala: Bullock cart, Sam gets in the back. An elephant in a pen. Men working in a field with an elephant. Waterfront: sailboats, Indian men on the beach, and Indian ship with crew.;Village: people working and walking around. Sally and Sam on the waterfront. Mountain landscape. Indian people walking down the road, herding cattle. More water scenes: boats, two men washing an elephant. (Dark shot) A boy cracking open a cocoanut. Village. Men carrying stretchers down to the water. Footage from an airplane window. Chet in a village. Landscape. A large dam. View from the top of the dam. Village Indian girls, and Sally.;Coast: people pulling in fish nets, playing in the water. Harbor and boats shot from a moving boat. Large naval ships. Dark footage of a temple. People praying. Large crowd. Waterfall, landscape. Women with baskets of something lined up. Landscape and people shot from a moving train. Train platform. Sign reading "Polgahawela" (Sri Lanka). People on train platform. Men on the beach untangling fishing nets. [End of Reel]
Subject(s):
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Rights:
This item may be available for reuse, please contact Northeast Historic Film for more information
Source:
http://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/45839