Lahore, 1936: Gorrie Personal Film No. 37

Amateur film showing events including a Muharram procession and a military parade for the accession of King George VI

Amateur film showing events including a Muharram procession, a children’s Gymkhana party and a military parade for the accession of King George VI.

This film is from the Gorrie collection of personal films in the BFI National Archive, a collection of amateur films shot by two generations of the Gorrie family in India from 1928-1960. Dr. Amina Yaqin (SOAS University of London)