India Votes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1969
Date Released
27 Feb 1967
Date submitted
19 Feb 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1New for Navy
  2. 2Communist View
  3. 3Superbus
  4. 4India Votes
  5. 5Old Faithfuls

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: India Votes. DESCRIPTION: An Electorate of two hundred and fifty one million conducts the largest Election of any democracy in the world. SHOTLIST: GV Indian village. MS oxen working mill. MLS ditto. GV Indian village. CU Indian. CU another. CU Indian woman. CU another. CU of more Indian women. MS woman loading oxen. MS people queue to vote. MS ditto. LS ditto. CU woman queuing. VS Indians queuing to vote. MS Indians inside polling stations. MCU ditto. CU vote card being handed in and index finger marked with indelible ink. MS woman goes into voting cubicle. MCU Indian has index finger marked. CU ditto. MS woman comes out of cubicle. MCU woman puts vote into box. Arrival of men and women going to vote. Women and soldiers. Children playing. Men sitting before the vote. Veiled women. Shots of village. Men smoking. Several shots of people working in fields. Group of people talking. Men and women go in to vote separately. Women voting. People marking their voting cards.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Animals
Locations
India; Rajasthan; Pradesh
Footage sources
France
Card file number
92086
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
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