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Governor's Durbar, Bihar and Orissa

Official duties and big game hunting in 1920s India, filmed by Lord Stephenson’s private secretary

Amateur film 1929 18 mins Silent

Overview

This film was shot in late-1920s India by Brigadier E. J. Montgomery, private secretary to Lord Stephenson - then Governor of Bihar and Orissa. Most of the animals in the film are of the recently-shot variety, though a bear cub and a fawn do appear very much alive. When Lord Stephenson wasn’t shooting big game he was at the Governor’s Durbar, a military parade featuring the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and visiting a textile factory. There’s a sequence featuring the Jagannath Temple at Puri and scenes of the trip ‘home’ from Apollo Bund in Bombay (Mumbai) via Aden and Suez.

Genres

Amateur film and Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

Safaris India Colonial life British Raj Indian elephants Military parades Textiles Factories Suez Canal Governor generals Durbars Elephants Bihar Textile industry

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