Archive / Films / Studd Collection – Film 9

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B&W. 15:12min. Lucknow; Agra, United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh), India. 1928. Film made by Sir Eric Studd. General views of Lucknow. Street scenes. Landscape views. Group of Europeans filmed next to the school bell and the ‘Lord Cornwallis cannon’ at the entrance to La Martinere College, Lucknow. Tiger swimming (at a zoo?). Possibly scenes of the railway bridge over Yamuna, Agra. Group of Europeans (members of the Grand Lodge of England Deputation) visitng Taj Mahal. Landscape scenes near Taj Mahal filmed from elevated point. Scenes of the Agra fort. Picnic lunch hosted by Henry Nevill, Commissioner of Agra. Indian boys diving for coins into water reservoir at Fatehpur Sikri.

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