1942 INDIA: Uprisings In India After The Imprisonment Of Ghandi

Date: 1st January 1942

Location: INDIA

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Scores Killed in Indian Riots

India: STV Indian street - trams and traffic up and down same. SV man with small boy on donkey towards camera. SV old man and a woman towards camera. SV street and inhabitants in same selling and buying merchandise etc. SV two Indians squatted on ground before camera. SCU group of indians in front of camera. SV two Indians veiled with their children past camera. SV deserted street and BV of two men walking down same. SCU shop closed - sign over doorway: "KOTAI ARTS". SV guard guarding barricade - people behind. SV looking up shop sign over door "HARIJAN FOR MUSLIM FRIENDS TO MY CRITICS TO EVERY JAPANESE - GANDHII. THE MILESTONE. SV pan deserted street. SV pan along of guards guarding barricade in part of park - crowds behind leaving. LBV five natives walk away from camera with one hand raised. STV restless crowds in street. SV Indian troops wearing turbans past camera. SV Indian troops wearing turbans on horseback past camera. STV pan of crowd. SCU members of crowd waving at camera and singing. SV Indian standing in pulpit holding piece of paper and signing from it. SCU pan members of crowd singing. LSV Indian troops lined up - Indian natives walking about with flags. SSV Indian troops lined up - barbed wire around restless crowd. LBV Indian troops with arms rushing unto building. LV crowds pouring from buildings and in streets. SCU of smashed glass window. SV people in streets very restless. SV Indian troops wearing turbans lined up and being inspected. SBV Indian soldiers guarding houses. SV troops with guns ready to fire them. LV Indian street - soldiers lurking at corners people standing about.

India; Independence; Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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