| Description |
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical rdarm |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Motion picture lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Title from sell sheet. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. |
| Summary |
Sandhya Suri skilfully weaves together archival footage, including hand-colored sequences, with a new score by Soumik Datta to create an emotionally resonant story about life across India from 1899 to 1947. Drawn exclusively from the BFI National Archive, it features some of the earliest surviving films from India as well as gorgeous travelogues, intimate home movies, and newsreels from British, French and Indian filmmakers. |
| Note |
Bonus features: Home life (33 minutes, silent); Indian scrpbook (11 minutes); Scenes at his excellency The Viceroy's garden party at Belvedere (6minutes, silent). |
| Subject |
India -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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India -- History -- 20th century.
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India.
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Suri, Sandhya, film director.
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Icarus Films, publisher.
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| Standard No. |
854565002890 |
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