Saving the Sun
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Saving the Sun. DESCRIPTION: A remarkable religious ceremony in India during the eclipse of the sun by the moon. Hindus believe a spirit ceases the sun and they pray for its deliverance. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. TS people walking to sacred fields of Kurukshetra. GV ditto. MS people sitting down during religious ceremony to mark eclipse of the sun. CU ditto. CU ditto. MS painted man on ground. CU ditto. MS child lying on ground praying. CU ditto. CU 1st Hindu effigy. CU 2nd ditto. CU 3rd ditto. MS people at ceremony. Pan up. Priest blowing horn. GV eclipse of sun in progress. MS people during religious ceremony. CU woman praying. MLS people bathing in Holy River. GV ditto. CU man praying in river. GV eclipse of sun. MS people bathing. MS man goes underneath surface of river. MS people bathing in the river. GV pan ditto. Pan ditto. Pan ditto. MS man praying in river. Pan people bathing in Holy River. Zoom in. Ditto LS ditto. GV eclipse of sun.
- Keywords
- Religion and belief
- Locations
- India; Kurukshetra
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 91160
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 119
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How to cite this record
'Saving the Sun', British Movietone News Issue No. 1930, 30 May 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26453 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)