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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Elephants Tidy Up Ceylon Jungle. DESCRIPTION: Giant pachyderms clear ground in tropical forest for Crown Colony’s new arterial roads. SHOTLIST: Elephants with riders facing camera....
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke of Gloucester at Colombo. SHOTLIST: Shot of harbour. Marchpast of sailors in white. Duke inspects the local militia. Crowd of natives in streets.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rubber & Tea Industry B291/D2/1. DESCRIPTION: Ceylon is now producing a large amount of our tea ration with hundreds of millions of pounds a year. It has also increased its rubber...
Thousands of acres of Ceylon’s bush country are being cleared to make away for aerodromes, with the elephant doing his share along with the bulldozers. But Ceylon’s other industries of tea and rubber are...
Indian ceremony of the Perahera, Ceylon.
Ceylon attains Dominion status, Duke of Gloucester attends.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Arrivals at Colombo Conference. DESCRIPTION: Colombo was chosen for the Commonwealth Conference. Among those seen arriving are Mr Malcolm MacDonald, Pandit Nehru and our own Foreign...
Ceylon pays last tribute to former Prime Minister.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Funeral of Ceylon’s Prime Minister. DESCRIPTION: A new nation mourns its founder. Borne through the streets of Colombo in a funeral car built like a small Temple, the mortal remains...
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