India and Pakistan

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

31

Date Released

Oct 1949

Length of issue (in feet)

1743

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1India and Pakistan

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NoS synopsis: A justification for the partitian of India through the various contrasts in culture and religion between India and Pakistan. Looks at the political developments in the two countries during the last decade.

Researcher Comments

Trade shown on 4 October 1949.

Keywords

Politics and government; Customs and traditions; Independence movements; Religion and belief

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Monthly Film Bulletin   Vol.17 No.193 January-February 1950, p16.
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p256.

Credits:

Production Co.

This Modern Age, Ltd.

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