The New Year Begins 1930

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Mysore in Southern India.

New Year ceremony - the Maharajah rides forth from his Palace to the temple. Camera pans across vast crowd of people outside the Palace. A mounted policeman rides through the crowd. High angle shot of the crowd - musicians play and men walk on stilts. M/S of soldiers...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15237
Sort Number:
EP 158
Time in/Out:
01:12:30:00 / 01:15:38:00
Canister:
EP 158
Film ID:
900.06
Issue Date:
05/10/1930

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