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  1. India Sees Eclipse

    Date released
    3 Mar 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1187
    NoS ID
    017638
    Story no
    4 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: India Sees Eclipse. DESCRIPTION: The recent eclipse of the Sun was regarded in India with considerable awe - many Hindus believed that the mythical, but wicked, God Rahu had the Sun in...

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  2. Mass Bathing Marks Solar Eclipse

    Date released
    27 Jun 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2538
    NoS ID
    045884
    Story no
    3 / 7

    Many thousands of Hindus bathe in holy river during eclipse of sun.

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  3. Solar Eclipse, 300,000 Indians Bathe in Sacred Waters

    Date released
    22 Dec 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2589
    NoS ID
    046271
    Story no
    3 / 6

    Pilgrims from near and far join in Eclipse celebration.

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  4. Million Bathe in Holy Waters

    Date released
    6 Mar 1952
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2193
    NoS ID
    043545
    Story no
    2 / 6

    Coinciding with eclipse of sun, for first time in thousand years, famous Hindu Festival attracts largest ever multitude.

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  5. Leather: The Unquenchable Thirst (India) (1994 Video)

    Director
    Frank Vellenga
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    In the past 20 years or so, the leather industry has shifted its activities from the West to countries like India, where labour is cheap and environmental regulations far less stringent. Meanwhile leather...

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  6. News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Coconut Day Festival in Bombay

    Date released
    5 Sep 1938
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    483
    NoS ID
    009177
    Story no
    7 / 14

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coconut Day in Bombay. SHOTLIST: In Bombay the festival of "Nareli Purnima" is held. The thousands of natives go down to the beach where they are washed. They then pray to the sun-god...

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  7. India Bound Tyros Get Sea Baptism

    Date released
    9 Jul 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    109A
    NoS ID
    003102
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: India Bound Tyros Get Sea Baptism. DESCRIPTION: Father Neptune presides at christening ceremony when SS "Maloja" crosses equator. SHOTLIST: Close side shot of native coming down gangway...

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  8. India Bound Tyros Get Sea Baptism

    Date released
    6 Jul 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    75A
    NoS ID
    000565
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: India Bound Tyros Get Sea Baptism. DESCRIPTION: Father Neptune presides at christening ceremony when SS "Maloja" crosses equator. SHOTLIST: Close side shot of native coming down gangway...

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  9. Suits and Savages: Why the World Bank Won’t Save the World (2000 Video)

    Director
    Dylan Howitt; Zoe Young
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 38 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) institutions

    Examines issues surrounding indigenous land rights and the displacement of people and wildlife in the name of development. Focuses on a conservation project in the Nagarhole National Park in southern India,...

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  10. Tale of Four Cities, A 1 (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. ? min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    Given that cities share in common crises that endanger the sustainability of our habitat, looks at the lives of ordinary families and describes the deteriorating urban environment in four cities: Chenni,...

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