Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Gandhi’s Ashes Borne to Holy River

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
976A
Date Released
19 Feb 1948
Date submitted
17 Feb 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gandhi’s Ashes Borne to Holy River. DESCRIPTION: Lord Mountbatten and his family travelled to Prayag for the ceremony of scattering Gandhi’s ashes on the river Ganges. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated crowds in River Ganges. Lord Mountbatten (in civvy suit) alights from plane, greeted by Mrs Naidu. Mountbattens being garlanded, walks across road, with the above and the Brabournes. Train enters Allahabad Station, urn of ashes carried by Nehru and Sardar Patel towards truck. Ashes placed on amphibious truck, shots of procession through the streets, cut-ins of crowds around truck, plane flies low and drops flower petals etc. Preceded by Mountbatten in boats. GV of Indians in the River Ganges. Indian troops march with rifles reversed.
Keywords
Politics and government; Social events; Funerals
Locations
Allahabad Airfield
Card file number
49849
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Pat Mohan
Length of story (in feet)
186
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Gandhi’s Ashes Borne to Holy River', British Movietone News Issue No. 976A, 19 Feb 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14948 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)