[1930s] North-West Frontier to Kashmir (Srinagar)

Location: North-West Frontier, Pakistan (then India)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Year: 1930s
Film Creator: Leonard de Ville Chisman
Music: Mer-Ka-Ba - Jesse Gallagher (original footage does not have any audio)
Description: Road journey to Kashmir giving good insight into leisure time of British in India in mid 1930s - Kashmir was a popular holiday destination. Film shows details of clothing, transport, and leisure activities.
Timestamps with detailed description-
00:20 - Northwest Frontier, Mountains, Newly built Girder Bridge high over wide river crossing with traffic queue. Old fort dominating skyline.
01:15 - British woman seated on ground by car unpacks picnic hamper. Clear details of clothing/hairstyle circa 1930s. Car registration number 'FP 53A' with AA badge.
01:31 - Same car at petrol station. Very busy road but only one other car - bullock, donkey and ox carts, bicycles, pedestrians, goats.
02:01 - Arrival at comfortable hotel, same woman watches bed roll being unpacked from rear of car.
03:00 - Village scenes: pothole repairs, curiosity of village children watching visitors, ropemaking (sisal?).
04:47 - Team of oxen with driver work the machinery of rural well water wheel. Some medium shots of the team and the machinery.
05:50 - Rural village. British woman in ox cart dressed for hunting, escorted by armed bearers. Crane flies overhead.
06:27 - Bearers arrange 'kill' - an ibex, and Indian hunter poses beside it for trophy shot. Flocks of vultures feeding on carcase of kill
07:17 - Arrival in Kashmir, into Srinagar, view of Dal Lake with houseboats, rowing in shikaras
08:36 - Pony trek in mountains (possibly begins in Gulmarg, popular British resort) views of tree felling, village life including potter.
11:05 - Dal Lake in Srinagar, leisurely shot of houseboats and shikaras, the hill with the palace fort. Bathing Lido on the lake side and sailing boats with British men and women.
12:17 - Water trek in shikara through canals, watching lotus gatherers, showing seed pods, kitchen boat, Kashmiri family, life on the lake.
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[@sanjusandy5600]

Old is gold🏆

[@bpbagchi]

So professionally shot🎉

[@Ercel..3102]

❤

[@muhammadtahirmunir-mn6fd]

The camara man also enjoyed ride in Shikara boat.

[@indiaview9414]

On these days UK's GDP($3.3 trillions) is lower than India.$3.7 trillions 😊😊😊

[@PSsinghBains5]

6.5 core vs 145 crore
We are poor

[@Robert_austia]

Everyone was Hindu life in Kashmir peacefully 😊😊
Love Hindus rishi land kashmir,
india integral part

[@travelyourway12]

kam kar apna
Jiski ne bhi kashmir ko barbaad kiya
bagvaan use barbaad kare
Brotherhood peace harmony Kashmir

[@Mohammad-lq7yt]

YAHE HE JANATE KASHMIR 🍉SADE LOOG

[@AI-ok1ch]

NWFP , BALOCHISTAN , GILGIT , BALTISTAN , TAXILA ...
these regipons were NEVER [PART OF RUNDIA ....
THESE PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT AND HINDUS THERE WERE ILLEAGLE IMMIGRANTSA