Colour: Indian Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2266
Date Released
6 Nov 1972
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Orcades - Last Voyage
  2. 2Middle Sea Race
  3. 3'Pieta’ Restored
  4. 4Jewellery Exhibition
  5. 5Old Bike Race
  6. 6Colour: Indian Festival

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Indian Festival - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: The Durgapuja and Dussehra Festivals, held in Delhi. SHOTLIST: GV crowd in Delhi for Durgaputa Festival. SV Goddess Durga. SV Indians beating drums etc. SV crowd & Goddess. SV interior Indian woman in temple. SV women apply vermilion marks to forehead of Goddess. SCU pull back as women apply vermilion marks to themselves. SV men beating drums. SCU Goddess. SV exterior men dancing. SV men beating gong. SCU Goddess. GV crowds lining route to river Jamuna. SV Goddess being taken to river. GV Goddess in midst of crowd. GV pan Goddess being taken down bank into river. GV crowds on bank watching. GV Goddess immersed in river. GTV another effigy taken to river. GV crowds on river bank. SV effigy tipped into river. GV zoom in as effigy is pushed out into river. GV another effigy being taken to river. CU Goddess. SLV Goddess immersed in river. GV crowds and large effigies of evil - Dussehra celebration in Northern India. SCU effigy of raven with 10 faces. SV another effigy. GV Lord Rama with his brother Lakehman arriving in chariot drawn by wooden white horses. SCU one of the effigies. LV effigy burning & crackers exploding. SV another ditto. GV zoom on another effigy burning.
Keywords
Religion and belief
Locations
India; Delhi
Card file number
98592
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ved Parkash
Length of story (in feet)
182
Story extras:
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