Footage of India
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1998.2.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Moyer, John W. (John William)
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content: John W. Moyer films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Film reels (4 hours 11 minutes, color silent; 7,670 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1965
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 of travels in India for presenting in a travel-lecture style with live narration by John Moyer, former U.S. consul to India. Subject matter consisted of crafts (carpets, bricks, ornamental figurines), regional dances, dance performances (for audience), flora and fauna, tribal peoples, ancient India, British colonization influences, modernization, the land, and wildlife.  Areas he filmed in include: Gujerat (Porbundar and Gir Forest), Maharashtra (bombay); Rajasthan (Jaipur); Punjab (Chandigarh), Utter Pradesh (New Delhi, Agra and Dharamsala), Assam (Shillong, Cheripunga), Nagaland (Mao, Kabu and Abhor), Maniput (Imphul), West Bengal (Calcutta); Orissa (Banki, Ghubaneswar, Chilka Lake), Mysore (Bangalore, Mysore), Kerala (Chohin, Periyar and Trivandrum), Madras (Madras an dPondicherry), Sikkim (Gangkok).  Dance performances by non-Indian groups include Tibetans (Kesang and Lhasha dances), Nagas (Angomi and Mao dances), Khasi (Nom Kren dances), Gonds (dances), Manipuri (dances) and Sikkimese (Lion and Peacock dance). Footage also includes a personal interview with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala shortly after his exile from Tibet in 1959.

Legacy keywords: Dance ; Crafts ; Musical instruments ; Architecture ; Archeology ; Taj Mahal (Agra, India) ; Dalai Lama ; Tibetans