Festival of the Calm Seas

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1472

Date Released

19 Aug 1957

Date Other

Aug 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Russian Air Crash
2. 2Prince Charles New School
3. 3Festival of the Calm Seas
4. 4Names in the News: Pablo Casals
5. 5Names in the News: Jayne Mansfield
6. 6Names in the News: Nine Royal Sons
7. 7The Highway Load
8. *Scotland’s Seaside Queen

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festival of Calm Seas. DESCRIPTION: Gathering on the beach at Bombay, Hindu worshippers held a religious festival to speed the end of the Monsoon. The pray to Varoona - the equivalent of Neptune - to calm the waters of the Arabian Sea, so that they can start the season’s fishing. SHOTLIST: Hindu crowds on the banks of river. Praying for the end of the monsoons. Dancing.

Keywords

Music and dance; Weather; Religion and belief

Locations

Bombay

Card file number

71455

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Pat Mohan

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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