Round the Empire with Movietone: India

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
450
Date Released
17 Jan 1938
Date submitted
4 Jan 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 12
Section Title
Round the Empire with Movietone
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Viceroy’s Cup Race, Calcutta. DESCRIPTION: The Calcutta Season opens with the Viceroy’s Cup Race, The Viceregal Garden Party, Cricket and British Naval visit. SHOTLIST: Racing paddock scenes. Start. Elevated shot of the racing. Garden Party - Various shots of the guests. Indian and British. Cricket - Toss of the coin. Teams come out to play. Long shot of the play. Navy - British ships in harbour including close shot of Aircraft Carrier HMS Norfolk.
Keywords
Sport; Horse racing; Ships and boats; Social events; Navy; Military
Footage sources
India
Card file number
32232
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Carl Bernard
Commentator
Ivan Scott
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:

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'Round the Empire with Movietone: India', British Movietone News Issue No. 450, 17 Jan 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/8407 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)