Wide Wide World Beware Other Items Share This Title (1946)
Item title reads Wide wide world. Various locations. Brisbane, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attend first Brisbane Exhibition since 1941. M, S as Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester get out of their car, various C, U s of them. Cattle are led around at the show. Various shots of the funfair. Axemen chop poles of wood in a competition. Various shots of the jumping contest, with horses falling at the hurdles. A Hindu Festival in Bombay, India. L, S as lorries crowded with Indians drive slowly along through packed streets. M, S of pedestrians at the rear carrying umbrellas. C, U as the idol of Ganpati comes along on a lorry. L, S back view of the procession walking down to the sea on crowded Chowpatti beach. C, U of an effigy of Subhas Chandra Bose, pro Japanese Quisling, now dead, on top of a lorry. M, S as idols are prepared for immersion in the sea. Seminaked native men march down to the sea carrying the idols on their heads. Paris, France. Var
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