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Trip to Manipur

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float

Amateur film 1935 17 mins Silent

Overview

This amateur film of a road trip from Dimapur to Manipur in northeastern India shows traditional dances and rituals and a gigantic flower float. This footage was shot by keen filmmaker William Meiklejohn, who joined the Indian Forest Service in 1910, and spent most of his working life with the IFS in the North-West Frontier Province, United Provinces, Bengal and Assam.