Burning Up the Bad

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1951A

Date Released

27 Oct 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Instant Earthquake
2. 2The Other Grand National
3. 3The Ones That Didn’t Get Away
4. 4Burning Up the Bad
5. 5After Aberfan?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Burning Up the Bad (Festival of Dussehra). DESCRIPTION: The Annual Dussehra Festival in New Delhi attended by Mrs Gandhi. Effigies, representing good and evil are filled with fireworks and expire with explosive effect. SHOTLIST: GV giant effigies representing good and evil. MS one of the effigies. LS ditto. MS pan actor holding spear as float passes camera. MS children watching. MS actors pass on float firing arrows. MS Mrs Gandhi watching. MS actor symbolising King Ravan, (SEE COMMENTS). MS ditto. MS fireworks light up on effigies. GV ditto. MS ditto. GV ditto. CU firework burning. GV effigy burning. LS ditto.

Keywords

Religion and belief

Locations

India; New Delhi

Footage sources

France

Card file number

91714

Credits:

Commentator

Huw Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

92

Story extras:

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