Archive / Tag: Tamil Nadu

  • Studd Collection – Film 7
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    B&W. 15:39min. Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India; Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar). 1928. Film made by Sir Eric Studd. Crowd at ghats (?). Street scenes. Procession with ‘white elephant rath’. British […]
  • Studd Collection – Film 6
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    B&W. 14:21min. Ooty (?), Tamil Nadu. India. Date unknown. Film made by Sir Eric Studd. Jungle and river scenes. Hunting party on elephants. Beaters walking through pampas grass. Scenes of […]
  • Studd Collection – Film 3
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    B&W. 14:06min. Mysore State (Karnataka); Tamil Nadu, India. 1928. Film made by Sir Eric Studd. Zoo sceens. Village and river scenes filmed from a car. Indian women carrying water in […]
  • 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 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 13
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    B&W. 12:30min. Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. 1934. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Scenes of the dam in operation. Metur River Dam: opening ceremony attended by […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 12
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    B&W. 10:44min. Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. 1932. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Construction of Metur dam. Scenes showing European and Indian teams at work, machinery, […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 11
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    B&W. 7:48min. Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. 1931. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Metur River Dam. ‘Dam across the Cauvery River conserves water for 301,000 acres’. […]
  • 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 8
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    B&W. 12:40min. Travancore, Kerala/Tamil Nadu, India. c. 1931. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Peryaar Lake. Travancore; car ferried across Peryaar Lake. Villages on the river bank. […]