His Excellency The Viceroy's Bodyguard 1934

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Full title reads: "New Delhi - HIS EXCELLENCY THE VICEROY'S BODYGUARD - by special permission filmed for first time by our cameraman now travelling in the East.

New Delhi, India.

Guardsmen on horseback riding towards camera. They are all Indian. Close up shot of the face of one of...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
9589
Sort Number:
34/031
Time in/Out:
01:08:27:00 / 01:09:47:00
Canister:
34/31
Film ID:
785.07
Issue Date:
16/04/1934

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