Archive / Tag: 1931

  • Stokes Collection – Film 11
    Archive: Films
    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 10
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 4:17min. Nilambur, Kerala, India. 1931. ‘Nilambur River; Nilambur Market and Village scenes’. A small group of Europeans being punted across the river in dug-out canoes. Mahouts and working elephants. […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 8
    Archive: Films
    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. […]