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People bid farewell to Mahatma Gandhi as he goes to a prison after being arrested in Lahore, India.

Mahatma Gandhi being arrested in Lahore, British India (present day Lahore, Pakistan). Many people gather on a street as Mahatma Gandhi goes to a prison following his arrest by the British authorities. Past events show him addressing a large gathering at a public meeting. A banner at the meeting reads ' We live in deeds not in years independence for all and ever '.

Date: 1930, December 24
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042808
A group of men perform the 'devil dancing' and one of the 'devil dancer' dives through a hoop, in Madras, India.

'Devil dancer' dives through a hoop with only an inch to spare, in Madras, India. A group of men wearing traditional kinds of dresses performing the 'devil dancing'. Two men hold a hoop and one of the 'devil dancer' dives through the hoop. Men stand around and watch. Children seated on the ground. The hoop is tried on through the head of the dancer and there are only inches to spare, and the hoop does not pass through his shoulder. Two men holding a hoop and the 'devil dancer' dives through the hoop.

Date: 1930, May 24
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054962
Muslim Indians bow for 'Namaz' celebrates commemoration of Sacrifice of Ismael in Calcutta, India.

Muslims celebrates commemoration of Sacrifice of Ismael in Calcutta, India. Muslim Indians pray in mosque. A 'Maulana' (Muslim priest) addresses the crowd. Men bow for 'Namaz', a prayer ritual. Men embrace each other in the ceremony.

Date: 1930, October 2
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046589
Lord Thomson and notable aircraft experts board British R101 airship in Cardington, England; Wreckage of R101 after crash.

British R101 rigid airship crashes killing 48 members of crew during its maiden oversees voyage to India. Clip opens showing past events, including Head of British Air Ministry Lord Thomson, Director of Civil Aviation Sir Sefton Brancker and other notable aircraft experts boarding R101 moored to mast in Cardington, England. French officials inspect the wreckage of the airship after its crash in Beauvais, France. French civilians look on.

Date: 1930, October 4
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075507
United Kingdom meets regarding withdrawal from India and Egypt.

The United Kingdom shapes a new policy for withdrawing its colonial power from India and Egypt. Skyline of London, United Kingdom. The Palace of Westminster, serving as the meeting place of the British Parliament, seen from the River Thames (Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0AA). British Prime Minister Clement Attlee talking with other members of the British Parliament. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, looking down, with Prime Minister Attlee behind him. View of Simla, India. Sign in English and Indian says “SIMLA Height above sea 6848”. View of the Simla Viceregal Lodge, now known as the Rashtrapati Niwas (Boileauganj, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171005), the venue of the Simla Conference. Viceroy of India Lord Archibald Percival Wavell and British Indian politicians of the Indian National Congress and All-India Muslim League parties meet for the Simla Conference to discuss a plan for Indian self-government. A crowd of Muslim Indians, Sikhs, and Hindu Indians outside the Viceregal Lodge. Kalam Azad, the Indian National Congress Party President, arrives in the Viceregal Lodge by rickshaw. Jawaharlal “Pandit” Nehru, an Indian National Congress Party activist leader and future first Prime Minister of India, rides a piebald pony to the conference. The All-India Muslim League leader and future founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, arrives by car. Lord William Wedgwood Benn, the Viscount Stansgate and British Labour Party politician, and the British delegation meet with Egyptian Prime Minister Ismail Sidky Pasha and other politicians. Viscount Stansgate reads the announcement of British preparation to leave Egypt. Indians crowd outside the Viceregal Lodge in Simla, India. Rickshaw drivers sit near parked rickshaws. Indian leaders of the National Congress Party and the All-India Muslim League walk outside the Viceregal Lodge. Jawaharlal Nehru meets supporters. Indians showing support for Jawaharlal Nehru outside the Viceregal Lodge after the Simla Conference.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078847
United States First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on a visit to India.

United States First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrives on a visit to India. Scene of a gate. A hilly region. People on a bullock cart. A man takes a small child in lap. A child on a woman’s shoulder. Farmers in a field. Statues carved at Khajuraho temple (VW2C+QJQ, Airport Area, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh 471606, India). Decorated and carved gates. Colorful paintings on walls. Women play sitar and tabla. A traffic policeman gives directions to traffic and shows 'Stop' sign. Students and teachers in a college. Carpenter and a mechanic at work. Large crowd. National emblem of India on a gate. Guards on horses. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of India in a horse driven chariot in the Parliament premises. Air India plane lands at New Delhi airport. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi meet Jacqueline Kennedy, her sister Lee Radziwill and the American Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith. Galbraith talks to Prime Minister Nehru. Children clap. United States Embassy in India. Ambassador Galbraith and Jacqueline Kennedy in Embassy. Prime Minister Nehru talks with Jackie Kennedy in a garden. Jackie Kennedy buys a silk sari. A girl welcomes her with garland in Benares. A man answers her questions during visit to an art gallery. She meets Indira Gandhi. Mrs. Kennedy meets Indian artists and addresses the people present. Jackie Kennedy puts a garland on an elephant's neck as a ritual.

Date: 1962, March 12
Duration: 7 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034317