Hindus Celebrate New Year

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1089A
Date Released
20 Apr 1950
Date submitted
17 Apr 1950
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hindu New Year Festival. DESCRIPTION: At Delhi, tens of thousands of Hindus and Sikhs have been celebrating the Hindu New Year and the Kumbh Festival (which is only held every 14 years). On this occasion all pious Hindus in the neighbourhood bathe in the waters to wash away their sins. SHOTLIST: KS. General street scene. Crowds pack streets. Blind singer waves bamboo stick. Another sits in street performing with python. A "Sadhu" with sacred cow. Another person all dressed up. Crowds on banks of Jumna River undressing & bathing, by the hundred in the river, several shots. Some in river bathing.
Keywords
Religion and belief
Locations
Delhi
Card file number
53571
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Pat Mohan
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Hindus Celebrate New Year', British Movietone News Issue No. 1089A, 20 Apr 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16342 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)