British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

News Briefs: Indian Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1273
Date Released
26 Oct 1953
Date submitted
17 Oct 1953
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen Sees Everest Film
  2. 2Duke as Grand Master
  3. 3News Briefs: Indian Festival
  4. 4News Briefs: Petrol Emergency
  5. 5News Briefs: Dr Jagan Here
  6. 6Soccer - England V the Rest of the World

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
News Briefs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - Indian Festival. DESCRIPTION: The Hindu Festival of Dussehra is a picturesque affair that goes on for ten days, the feature of the celebration in New Delhi being the street processions. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds in streets. Various shots of procession through streets. CUs of floats including the effigies of King Ravana & King Rama. Shot of a monkey god and Queen Sita.
Keywords
Commemorations; Vehicles; Religion and belief
Locations
New Delhi
Card file number
59954
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Pat Mohan
Length of story (in feet)
60
Story extras:

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 37 times.