Delhi India and other locations - 1960 8mm travel film reel

[djcarlito]

7:01 mmmm.... Roti

[fredrikindia]

3 mins onwards - Kasmir?

[fredrikindia]

2 mins in, approx - US embassy New Delhi?

[djcarlito]

@fredrikindia thanks! that might be correct! I am going to re-transfer this footage with a better camera and projector soon.. : )

[djcarlito]

6:15 appears to be a South Indian temple

[mainorkon]

You are most welcome. I am actually searching for old videos of Lahore (since I live here). If you ever find something about Lahore, please do share

Thanks

Aqeel Ahmad

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[mainorkon]

Lahore Montessori School (0:45) is in Delhi. I googled it.

Defence Colony (0:40) is also in Delhi.

Dresses are indian

Sikh kids can also be seen in the video (not a common sight in Lahore)

Perhaps we can conclude that most parts of this video were shot in Delhi.

[djcarlito]

mainorkon - thanks so much for your help & sorry for the previous misleading video description! : ) your help has been very valuable in finding a proper location for this footage...

best regards to you friend!

[mainorkon]

are you sure the entire footage was shot in Lahore? A few hills can be seen on the horizon at 3:40 whereas Lahore has never had hills in its landscape.

[djcarlito]

hmm.. you're probably correct about that... i made an assumption based on the scene of the school in Lahore.. but this really could be in several parts of Pakistan and India - the film is not labeled except for "India" marked on the canister .. so the person might have crossed into parts of India at some point... thanks for catching that

[djcarlito]

if you can identify any other specific locations, id really appreciate it.. thanks for checking the video out!

[mainorkon]

Another thing I noticed is that almost all the women in the video are wearing Saarhi's which is a popular dress in India. Women in Lahore (or even pakistani side of punjab) don't wear Saarhi's in the daily life. They prefer Shalwar Kamiz which is a local dress here.

[djcarlito]

2:30 - appears to be a Jawa motorcycle, though it's hard to tell