Burning Up the Bad

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1951A
Date Released
27 Oct 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Burning Up the Bad (Festival of Dussehra). DESCRIPTION: The Annual Dussehra Festival in New Delhi attended by Mrs Gandhi. Effigies, representing good and evil are filled with fireworks and expire with explosive effect. SHOTLIST: GV giant effigies representing good and evil. MS one of the effigies. LS ditto. MS pan actor holding spear as float passes camera. MS children watching. MS actors pass on float firing arrows. MS Mrs Gandhi watching. MS actor symbolising King Ravan, (SEE COMMENTS). MS ditto. MS fireworks light up on effigies. GV ditto. MS ditto. GV ditto. CU firework burning. GV effigy burning. LS ditto.
Keywords
Religion and belief
Locations
India; New Delhi
Footage sources
France
Card file number
91714
Credits:
Commentator
Huw Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Burning Up the Bad', British Movietone News Issue No. 1951A, 27 Oct 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26642 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)