India, Allahabad - 1968 - Full documentary by A. G. Bonar

00:00 intro
00:30 Public library
00:40 Alfred Park
00:52 Queen Victoria's Memorial monument
01:15 English country churchyard
02:25 Civil Lines
03:15 Boys school
04:00 City Side
05:56 Typical residential house in Civil Lines
06:23 Funny moment with a traditional Indian woman
07:00 Civil Lines Gardens
07:32 Mongoose
07:57 woodpecker
08:25 White Sahib is being given a haircut by his barber
09:25 Street barbers
09:57 Public laundry
10:17 Tomb of of Prince Khusru
10:30 Hindu monument
10:47 Preparations for the Hindu festival Dussehra
11:44 Feeding the poor
12:00 A priest prepares a Pooja, or prayer session
13:04 The procession begins
13:35 This scene shows the betrothal of Ram and Sita
13:42 Sita is performing a Pooja to Shiva in the presence of a priest
14:04 Valmeeki as it were reciting the Ramayan
14:54 Sita before her marriage to Ram
15:14 King Dussehrat, the father of Ram, seated on his throne
15:37 The boat that took the exiled Ram and Sita across the River Sharyu
16:08 Ram and Sita, and Ram’s faithful brother Lakshman at Panchavati
16:38 Ram and Sita return in triumph from the jungle to their ancestral home in Ayodhya
17:18 The All India Music Conference
17:30 Someone is playing the shehnai
18:10 A young student of the Allahabad Music College inaugurates the dancing
18:44 Singer Manna Dey
19:18 Dancing by Kumud Chugani
20:20 Gopi Krishna

The action takes place in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, a city with two faces: the bustling, noisy, crowded, native quarters or City Side and the quiet, orderly Civil Lines, with residential bungalows in large compounds full of trees and flowers. We see aspects of life in both parts of the city, then we take our places to witness the great Hindu festival of Dussehra. Finally we attend a Music Conference and see excerpts from performances by Manna Dey, Kumud Chugani and Gopi Krishna.

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