Train Travel from Kandy to Colombo, Sri Lanka (ca. 1913)
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- Creator
- Human Studies Film Archives
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- 1,831
- Video Title
- Train Travel from Kandy to Colombo, Sri Lanka (ca. 1913)
- Description
- A 4:26 minute film. Eclair Coloris produced this stencil colored black and white SILENT film depicting travel by train from Kandy to Colombo in Sri Lanka (known then as Ceylon). Original film was a 35mm nitrate print that was preserved just in time. Nitrate deterioration can be seen, particularly along the sides. Film is from the collections of the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. For more information, search SOVA.si.edu for the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia finding aid.
- Video Duration
- 4 min 26 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- archival historical educational film video anthropology archeology parks ethnographic history culture "cultural geography" "heritage sites" 16mm architecture transportation
- Uploaded
- 2012-11-05T14:43:34.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- Education
- Topic
- Anthropology
- Record ID
- yt_9_-gQpRYk3A
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