Independence Day In Bombay (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Independence Day in Bombay. India. MS's illuminated Bombay university tower, Bombay Secretariat, and Council Hall outlined at night. Various elevated and ground shots of a procession carrying banners through crowded streets during the day. Various LS's people arriving at the Government Secretariat for the flag raising ceremony including Sir John Colville and the Prime Minister B G Kher (dressed in Khaddar). MS the Indian tricolour flying over the heads of the crowd. LS's men of the Royal Indian Navy, Sikhs, Maharatta Regt, Bombay City Police, and British Troops and home guards (carrying flags) marching past. LS teeming mass of people in the Oval after the parade. FILM ID:2391.11 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/