Part of India on Film: 1899 – 1947
This collection of newly digitised films is part of the BFI's contribution to the UK-India Year of Culture 2017, in partnership with the British Council. View more films on BFI Player [ Ссылка ] (UK only)
Imperial Airways to India - A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.
The arrival in Calcutta of a Handley Page biplane after the flight from England - quite a journey in 1917, hence, presumably, the sense of occasion here. On the runway to greet the arrivals are India's then Viceroy, Frerick Thesiger (Viscount Chelmsford) and his wife, as well as their young daughter, named here as Margarete, who later found fame as photographer Margaret Monck.
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