Sunday, June 21, 2009

old films

The British Film Institute has released a number of films to the internet. These deal with India:

The quality is poor but you can get a sense of what it was like a 100 years ago!

Varanasi


Commissioner Higgins Visits Ahmedabad Girls' School (1904)



Life in Hunza (1937) (now Pakistan)



A 1963 film by the charity Raphael (a Christian Charity) in Dehradun




An Indian Washing the Baby (1906)
(baby massage)


A Road in India (1938)


A Punjab Village (1925)


Delhi (1938) - extract

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