Halt Here For India 1936

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Item title reads - Halt here for India.

Bengal, India.

L/S of temple of Juggernaut or Vishnu, the Hindu God. Crowds gather for Car Festival at Puri, they bang drums and pull something resembling an ornate fan to draw Vishnu from his temple to country house. Various shots of people...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39645
Sort Number:
PT 341
Time in/Out:
01:11:56:00 / 01:13:05:00
Canister:
PT 341
Film ID:
1140.07
Issue Date:
05/10/1936

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