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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Picturesque Festival on Banks of Ganges

Date released

29 Jan 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

973A

NoS ID

014909

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ganges Festival. DESCRIPTION: The Festival of Ardh Kumbh is held on the banks of the river Ganges near Allahabad. SHOTLIST: KS Procession passes camera. Several shots of Hindus passing...

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River, The (2006)

Director

Jean Renoir

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 99 minutes), £19.99

Jean Renoir’s first colour feature - shot entirely on location in India - is an adaptation of Rumer Godden’s autobiographical coming-of-age tale of an adolescent girl living with her English family on...

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Holy Ganges

Date released

8 Dec 1955

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

55/98

NoS ID

106808

Story no

7 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Hindus in their thousands flock to the River Ganges for the traditional bathing festival.

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The Holy Ganges

Date released

26 Apr 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1716A

NoS ID

024606

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Holy Ganges. DESCRIPTION: While we were celebrating Easter, Hindus were assembling to celebrate their Kumbh festival. Coinciding with the conjunction of three planets, the festival...

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News in Colour: Ganges Bathing Festival

Date released

25 Apr 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2342A

NoS ID

030313

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ganges Bathing Festival Colour. DESCRIPTION: Hardwar on the banks of the sacred river Ganges, a bathing festival that takes place every 12 years and draws pilgrims Sadhus and mystics...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Hindus Celebrate Ganges Festival

Date released

6 Feb 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

922A

NoS ID

014296

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hindus Celebrate Ganges Festival. DESCRIPTION: At Allahabad a great Hindu Festival where millions of pilgrims make their way to the Ganges. SHOTLIST: KS CU water, river. Procession of...

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Crowds of the Faithful Attend Annual Hindu Festival of the Great River

Date released

21 Dec 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

151

NoS ID

138405

Story no

6 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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News in a Nutshell: Hindus Holy River

Date released

11 Jan 1937

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

37/3

NoS ID

094229

Story no

11 / 11

Extras

1 film clip

Veneration of the Ganges.

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Hindu Festival

Date released

22 Nov 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1329

NoS ID

019677

Story no

1 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hindu Festival. DESCRIPTION: On the River Ganges, 90 miles from New Delhi, Hindu pilgrims come to bathe in the holy water - for this they believe will wash away their sins and set their...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Gandhi’s Ashes Borne to Holy River

Date released

19 Feb 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

976A

NoS ID

014948

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gandhi’s Ashes Borne to Holy River. DESCRIPTION: Lord Mountbatten and his family travelled to Prayag for the ceremony of scattering Gandhi’s ashes on the river Ganges. SHOTLIST: KS...

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