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The Truth Will Out

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India

Documentary drama 1930 3 mins Silent

Overview

This rare surviving piece of anti-Congress propaganda, sadly incomplete, is a dramatised account of an Indian villager who supports a Congress riot (the party was at the forefront of the fight for independence), and who is subsequently arrested, tried, sentenced and reprieved. His friend has no time for the party, stating: “Congress makes mischief. I will not come". The film was made by R.H.G. Johnston, a District Officer in the United Provinces, and features intertitles in Hindi, Urdu and English. Unfortunately the majority of the footage appears to have been lost, and this film ends early in the narrative.

Original title

The TRUTH WILL OUT

Genres

Documentary drama

Country

India

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

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