Tins for India (1941) - directed by Bimal Roy
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- Опубликовано: 9 авг 2017
- Part of India on Film: 1899 - 1947
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Unseen for decades, Bimal Roy's documentary finds poetry in the kerosene can.
Ever wondered about the number of uses an empty kerosene tin can be put to? This film tells us that the kerosene tin is as common a sight as a palm tree and a bullock cart in the “real” India, the rural India. The film shows the production of a tin and the different ways in which it is used after it has fulfilled its destiny as a holder of kerosene. Directed and photographed by Indian cinema legend Bimal Roy, Tins for India was made over a decade before the major success of films such as Devdas and Parineeta.
Bimal Roy’s daughter Aparajita Roy Sinha comments:
“The first time I saw Tins for India I was both surprised and intrigued. We did not know of the existence of this film. Although I knew of two other, much better known, documentaries by my father, this one seemed a far cry from his feature films. When I saw it, I liked it very much. The beautifully shot close-ups of a man with straining muscles working for a British corporation seemed somehow to bear my father's stamp and presage his humanistic concerns that are evident in his later films. This short film was made early in his career and he died when he was 55 - and this fact clearly demonstrates why he became the legend that he did, and why people still consider him a pioneer of Indian cinema.”
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The First ever Episode of " How do They do it?"👍🏻
exactly...
So true ..never thought that way
Hn😄
Right
I still remember those tins used by my mother for storing Flour and Rice...🙏🏻
No. Sacks were used for them. Tin cans were used for oils mostly
🌷Abi b use hote hain. Ab to in tins ka use or chizo k liye b bhut hota hai. Kbi aayo himachal to dekhiye
Your age
@@carloversjaihind5772 39
@@PunjabiExplorerindian 😃
Considering this is 80 years old, factory is quite advanced.
nope they were quite common back then especially where the brits wanted them to be
Factory 🏭 is advanced because of British
@@Goku65027yes
@@Goku65027 India missed the bus of Industrial revolution due to the British. They did nothing but looted as per will. The factories were setup for specific purposes which would benefit them.
In 1941 German factories were making submarines..
Americans were making aeroplanes, Britishers were making tanks ..
We were far behind in manufacturing..
We still are some what behind in world ..
But in near future we will be among top 3 manufacturers for everything.. be it smartphones , jets , aeroplanes, automobile, computers , missiles ,
Tins are still used in 15 liter edible oil packaging 2021 musterd oil soyabean oil all are available till date in Tin 15 liter packaging so nice to see
Not 15 liter it's used for 15kg
@@akshayjain6408 in units measure of liquid it is term as litres not kg..
It's like nothing much changed.
@@akshayjain6408 Yes 15 KG in Liter its 16
@@RunsWithRony only if it contains water 1 Kg = 1 liter, if it contains something else then .
Imagine someone finding their grandparents or great grandparents in this video.
Your thinking level is🙏
well they'll be ashamed of their grandparents being malnourished and slaves of british
@@AA-cu4jo ashamed of what? that was a reality and our history...it would be great if one were to find ones grandparent here.....and no one was slave..
when Men worked at factories.. Not Robots. there is a true art in showing this craft. Master Bimal Roy has done so magnificently.
Most of the work is done by machines.
@@arjun9071 you still had to physically pick up and place the things in the machine to do it right.. and then also after completed you had to pick it up and send it to the next line. if you see closely my brother, here men are doing most of the work. nowadays machines will do this process a-z.
Men are worked like robots, same repeatative tasks. Those are not creative as well as task that only a professional can do.
@@phatakesto8075 False. Nowadays it is still exactly like this where operators are man handling the pieces from machine to machine, sometimes they are only supervising the machines. There are fully automated factories but they are by no mean the totality even in the most developed countries. Fully automated factories requires a lot more engineers to maintain and repair the process which can be more expensive.
A GEM production of contemporary times-
1. Degree of Automation in industries in those days
2. Industrial Work Force dress code and PPEs.
This tin is an icon in itself. Used to storage everything imaginable and even more. Childhood memories of bazaar and home are incomplete without this. ❤️
Each & every frame was so well thought out ! sheer camera work . Outstanding documentary by the maestro .
Film reel was very expensive back then and were only available in major metropolitan cities. so they had to plan every shot very carefully before they start recording
@@laquica5146 despite this very fact as you mentioned , the credit should go to the director / director of photography who created such beautiful frames . Without his sheer command over this medium this could not have been possible.
Wow!!!! Directed by BIMAL ROY who went on to make some Classics and carved himself a niche in Indian Film Industry.
The Tin Container is still a great packaging option, especially for edible oil. More eco friendly and healthier than plastic containers.
There was a time that before the screening of a film in a theatre a documentary was shown. Exquisite ones like these. Somewhere along the way, these glimpses of India disappeared to be replaced by whatsapp university. Thanks for this lovely glimpse of a slice of history ...through the simple tin canister.
Exactly! It's called as newsreel & I remember waiting for it than the film!😢
Quite surprised to see that level of automation back then.
India has been pioneer in alot of technology, check out their historical data
Tin shade at Meherabad of Meher Baba 📢✍️✍️🗣️🇮🇳
A real masterpiece of a documentary! Every person is given a character with just a few shots like a few brush strokes. Want more from such masters.
Back then, no helmets, no shoes, no safety gloves.
Any only accidents...
No insurance too.
But was under British rule
Maruti: Wow.. Let's make it bigger and put 4 wheels.
😂😂😂😂
5 wheels ... the last one is to hold on to.
Aaaaaa😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Some fifty years before those tins are part of our life for carrying water during weddings and other functions. Some times used as storage containers. All are replaced by plastic now. Nostalgic. Thanks for uploading such treasures.
My grandmother used to get the top cut and attach a cover with a simple latch, then paint them black and used them to store various things in the pantry.
Its nice to see people from those times... Looks so healthy than todays labours
Look the people and their body. They looked very healthy without obesity or body fat.
When you work a lot and don’t have money to waste on excessive food
It tends to happen
Not healthy but under nourish.
@@mausenpai215 they are healthy. You dont need enough calories to become healthy.
they are malnourished lol. small lands and heavy taxes levied didnt leave them much surplus of food.
@@arjun9071
I can literally see the bones.
Even,today we are using them for boiling bathing water in winter 😅😅
A myth called tin cans fully uncovered.. thanks for posting.... brilliant make from Sir Bimal Roy
There is factory by name Tin Factory in Bangalore which was makeing tin Earlier,now stopped because of less demand
That's actually sad I guess. Kyunki plastic say better tin hua karta tha. 😅 But aab cheap chizzo ke chakkr main public ki life BHI cheap hogyi hai.
That place in Bangalore is still called 'Tin Factory'.
That bustop is still called Tin Factory and one of the highest traffic road in Bangalore during non covid times.
There were many such factories before 1980. . . my grandfather had small scale tin factory in bangalore . . .had to shutdown after plastic packaging came
I was thinking of exactly the same thing.
This is how our ancestors laid the foundation of our beautiful country,with their hard work....we have achieved so much yet so much more remains ❤❤❤
Can we take a minute to acknowledge how efficiently they made the tins!
These tins have also made their ways to the island of Mauritius where I was born...Now living in Europe, this video brings back memories❤❤❤❤
What a magnificent approach of creating a documentary. Each frame was telling a story, they are as modern as now. How extraordinary he was! 🙏🏻
Exactly
6:15 Just see how the camera zooms out. That's some quality cinematography right there 🙌💓
I just love all these old movies! However, It's appalling to watch them work with no safety glasses, no gloves, no shoes and no guards on most of the machines!
It's no different today!😀
These tins are used for collecting sap of Pinus Roxburgh tree called Tarpin in Himachal.
Blessed upon having discovered this awesome channel.
These are some nice tins.
As I watched the prologue, I felt that there might be a religion of the tins, okay guy.
Worth watching. Treasure for next generation. Thanks for sharing. Surprised to see, such a valuable information made and stored during those days
We still use tins for storage! Nice documentary!
this Tin is called KANASTAR in hindi and URDU
From the word Can or Canister.
One of the many ways Britain helped India . This refutes the PC Revisionists that state Colonionalism was totally bad .
@@albertgrant1017 I am not Indian I am Pakistani.
इसे पीपा भी कहा जाता है।
@@albertgrant1017 Here's a similar analogy. I bring Covid 19 to UK and create havoc and then I give out a vaccine formula and say, at least I helped bring in a vaccine!
Earlier days used to be very blissful. Really they deserved to live the golden life very peacefully.
Extremely Delighted to see India's First Factory workers in uniforms and working in an assembly line. Very Nice and Honorable video, India remembers them for all the years to come, as they have sowed the seeds for Industrialization on a Massive scale.
Posted by Saswata Acharjee :
When Bimal Roy sahab was going to make "Do Bigha Zamin (1953)" , his assistant director and his editor Hrishikesh Mukherjee sahab introduced a short Bengali film "Rickshaw'wala" to him . Seeing this , he thought of making a feature film on it . Thus , he added it on that film itself .
Thank you to BFI for uploading this short film "Tins for India (1941)" of Bimal Roy sahab . Therefore , can you please also upload the Bengali short film "Rickshaw'wala" ?
True . These tins are used in 100 different ways. I learnt my first swimming lessons by tying one of these (smaller one) on my back. We got the hole sealed and put handle on other side too. Tie cotton rope to it. Viola we have an ingenious floatation device
Simple life good thought really old is gold
Under East India company Hard life malnutrition poverty ab isme old is gold ka concept kha se aa gya ??
@@amitbinjola1451 that's what CBSE taught them ... Indoctrination ...
@@forefatherofmankind3305 yeah. You're right. Indians fought against the British that desperately just to get a kick out of it.
Outstanding documentary.
Refreshing old gold memories. Thanks for sharing.
What a lovely documentary!!
Wow what a beautiful documentary..every frame is a piece of art
thanks to the director and this channel for sharing it. subscribed to this channel. Thankyou, its more than just a film as our own small tin factory had to shut down after nearly 40 years of business. Induces me to start it all over again. unfortunately, it has lot out to cheaper retail plastic packaging.
Very nice documentary, thanks to all teams behind it also proud of my all Indian brothers who helps Indian economy grow with such industries!
Thanks for posting.
Bimal Roy the genius has left his magical impression on each and everything he touched
Beautiful camera work👌👌👌 bimal roy and Ray love their work LEGENDS
Thank you for made this film Bimal Roy sir
The quality of the video amazes me.
I really appreciate the videography of this video....it is very detailed and beautiful
Very good production is those days ,,I like it very much
We still have this in our home.
This factory is the now defunct Metal Box in Calcutta
Thank you for the information.
The Fitness level of these men are commendable
So glad, I came across this treasure. To the great Bimal Da.. 🙏🙏
Superb pic quality. Use of Tins are still prevalent in rural India to some extent as shown in the film
Looks like a masterpiece ... A work of art
Better than most modern RUclips videos !
Good old days. Wide roads, simple people, unadulterated food, lot of time for yourself and for others, sincere friends, much less corruption etc etc.
Much less corruption !!! You know little about corruption and moal degradation in those times
And poverty, slaveness of british, short and hard life. We are living in much better world, all those problem which you told can be solved.
@@abhinav7302 actually most people weren’t very poor
Neither were they rich
@@popefrancis8153 ya thaa why JUST 3 million people died due to starvation in only just bengal.
@@abhinav7302 Yes grow more cash crops
And see what happens
OMG. That handpump. Nostalgic
Camera work doesn't feel like 1940, but more like 2040! Flawless production.
This feels so disheartening, from having 27% of world GDP in 1700 to becoming Tin India in 1941. ...
Superb.. Superb.. Superb..
Gem.. Showing history.
till as late as 2015, my father had a manual Tin Factory, that made tins just as beutiful and useful, but with much smaller machinery and less workers. Infact, it is now closed down, how I wish I had seen this some twenty years back, when the industry was still in its prime days in south India.
amazing work without any safety gear
Great informative vintage documentary
Masterpiece great topic
A landmark program in the industrial growth.
Indians have been the most efficient people back then.
Maruti suzuki actually took it very seriously and successfully making mils out if it.
😂 Actually.
Glad to see an archaic video, rare videos.
We Assam people still using this tins 😉😁
We too using it in various way in odisha.. People are still using all over India bcz its really useful...Indian are specialist in juggad 😁
Miss those golden days… as a child I remembering buying oils from shops who will stack these tins & load the small vessels we carry with oil… hate the world of plastics now albeit it has made life easy😢
Very worth documentry film
Marvelous 👍
These are the golden age sadly not going to come back.
Even after 75 years of independence what's appalling is that many people live in the same way in the rural areas.
Great video, those days when use of PPEs such as gloves, goggles and face masks was unheard of. We have better working conditions today in most of the industry.
nice documentary, nice camera work.
Bimal Roy is ahead of times
And the story is still going on...
Great
Beautiful
I still remember we used to make wickets by stacking two or three discared tins one after another,GOLDEN era of galli cricket!
This is some great work done by the master Bimal Roy especially considering the year --1941. The voiceover sounds like Satyajit Ray but not sure.
This is satisfying!
These tins were better than today's plastic packaging. Most tins were converted to a box with lid or scrapped.
Fascinating
The level of automation even at that time makes me wonder in awe if we really advanced much
The exact same designs is used by today and we still have these tings in our homes.
this tins were not only used for kerosene..grt work
Amazing video 😊😊
Direction 💥
I remember using tin to fetch from spring water in my younger days
Super super super👌👌👌
Wow love it
Those days no plastics,no pollution,no traffic, no water pollution peace full life people are healthy and happy. No we don't have water even to wash the bum,
We have to change back be self sustaining be happy