Asia
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1987.9.11 - 7
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980
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content: Laura Boulton films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (25 minutes, color silent; 900 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot by Laura Boulton in and around Delhi, India. Shots feature scenes of rural and urban life. Includes panoramas of the Indian countryside with peasants working in the fields and carrying/hauling loads to market, holy men on pilgrimage to the Purna kumbha mela in Delhi and the tent city set up to house the pilgrims. Other shots of interest include a priest leading an elephant into a temple, pottery being carried on wagons to market, urban vendors with their wares, women in traditional dress and jewelry, and religious shrines and ceremonies.

Legacy Keywords: Pilgrims Purna Kumbha Mela Delhi, India ; Adornment jewelry nose rings India ; Agricultural practices India ; Peasants markets India ; Carrying loads India ; Vendors urban Delhi, India ; Gardens India ; Elephants religious ceremony Delhi, India ; Pottery transporation of India ; Shrines India Delhi ; Markets Delhi, India ; Tents festivals Delhi, India ; Colonialism relations of Delhi, India