Hindu Crowds Mourn Mayor of Calcutta

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
219
Date Released
14 Aug 1933
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1USA Spoil Britain’s Wightman Cup Hopes
  2. 2Duke of York Visits His Camp for Boys
  3. 3The Glorious 12th Brings Out Guns
  4. 4Hindu Crowds Mourn Mayor of Calcutta
  5. 5West Indies Attack Strongly in Third Test

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hindu Crowds Mourn Mayor of Calcutta. DESCRIPTION: Mr Sen Gupta, friend of Gandhi, is taken to place of cremation, followed by 40,000 people. SHOTLIST: Pan shot round natives. Elevated shot of the body being taken through streets, flowers bedecked. Body is uncovered and flowers taken away. Elevated close shot of body before cremation. Spectators around same.
Keywords
Politics and government; Death; Funerals
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
2525
Length of story (in feet)
63
Story extras:
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