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NoS synopsis: A stroll through Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo.
NoS synopsis: A short trip round Colombo.
British Pathe synopsis: "Day in, day out, Eve is busy on the great tea plantations of Ceylon - plucking the tender leaves. (Only the three top leaves are taken, in the best tea)." L/S of group of pickers on...
NoS synopsis: street scenes, traffic, men at work, washing in a river, rice boats etc.
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...
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