Jai Hind
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2012.12.1
name: label: Creator
content: Chesrow, Richard
place: label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: Cities and towns
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Allegra Chesrow Rieger in 2012.
creator: label: Creator
content: Chesrow, Richard
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dr. Chesrow was a dentist and photographer living in Chicago. He made the film to promote cross cultural awareness of Indian antiquities, architecture, art, dance, music, the people and a new country attempting to modernize.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Film reels (1 hour 13 minutes, color sound; 2,628 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2012.12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film was made with the intention of showing the old and the new of India and the people, their customs and beliefs. Filmed in wide screen the film includes Bombay, Madras, Mahabalapuram (rock hewn temples and the Hill of the Holy Eagles), Mysore, Bangalore, Madura, Bhubaneshwar, Konarak, Darjeeling, Taj Mahal and the Itmad-ud-Daulah, Jaipur, Benares, Sarnath, New Delhi at night, Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, Calcutta, Tibetan dancers and the President of the Indian Republic, H.H. Dr. Rajendra Prasad and the Prime Minister Nehru with Lady Mountbatten.

Supplementary materials: correspondence, production documents

Legacy keywords: Language and culture ; Cities and towns ; Architecture India ; Architecture Indian Mughal ; Architecture religious India ; Parades India ; Historic sites ; Dance	Asia ; India ; Madras (India) ; Benares (India) ; Mysore (India) ; Bombay (India) ; Jaipur (India) ; New Delhi, India ; Calcutta (India)

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