India’s Great Day (1947)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. Scenes in India and Pakistan on Independence day. Karachi, Pakistan. CU the Jinnah Gate bedecked with the Pakistan flag. LS the Jinnahs driving in open car through the gate followed by the Mountbattens in open car. MS CU Cut in shots of Moslem spectators. MS Lord Louis Mountbatten salutes before entering the assembly. Lady Edwina Mountbatten stands behind him. LS General view of the Pakistan assembly during the transfer of power ceremony. Mohammed Ali Jinnah is seated by his side and Lady Mountbatten and Miss Fatima Jinnah are seated to the left of the dais. MS Mountbatten and Jinnah leaving. MS Jinnah and Mountbatten seated in car together commencing their state drive through the cheering crowds. New Delhi, India. LS General Pan view of tumultuous crowds. MS mounted police striving to keep order. LS the crowds flocking outside the Constituent assembly. MS Jawaharlal Pandit Nehru addressing crowds from a balcony through a micropho