Archive / Tag: early 1930s

  • Stokes Collection – Film 20
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    B&W. 10:26min. Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. ‘Madras – sea bathing’: bathers being punted back to shore. Scenes of […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 19
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    B&W. 12:18min. Mysore, Karnataka, India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. ‘Visit to Gersappa Falls. Car ferry over river’. The Gersappa Falls. Group portrait of […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 18
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    B&W. 10:26min. Delhi (?), India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. General views – street scenes (New Delhi?). Interior scenes of a debate in government […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 15
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    B&W. 11:29min. Kerala; Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Extended sequence of Kathakali dances (Kerala). Garden scenes. European riders. Garden scenes.
  • Stokes Collection – Film 9
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    B&W. 7:32min. Madras (?), Tamil Nadu, India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Party of Europeans on an elephant ride through forest. Scenes of wildlife. […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 7
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    B&W. 7:09min. Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. ‘Mylapore Tank and Religious Procession’. Large crowd attending a religious procession: close-up […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 6
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    B&W. 7:41min. Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Scenes of the Pancha Rathas at Mamallapuram; ‘Mahabalipuram Rock Carvings’: details shots stone […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 4
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    B&W. 11:50min. Delhi, India; London, UK. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. New Delhi: Parliament House – gardens. River scenes. The Madras Club and gardens. […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 3
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 11:06min. Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. early 1930s. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Madras: The Grange, Adyar – showing interior of extensive colonial house; European […]