Last Days in India

Home movie of the Cann family's life in India.

Various views from a hill overlooking fields and trees in India. Shot of a different view from another side of the hill with a close up of a tree. Shot of a white house. Close up of red flowers before the camera zooms out to show the whole tree. Close ups of pink flowers. Various landscape views of hills, trees and flowers. Shot of some chickens, geese and a man holding some ducklings in his hands. Shot of two ducklings swimming in a bowl of water followed by them chasing each other on the grass. Camera pans over the evening view of the hills and trees. Shot of marshes and birds flying in the sky above. Shot of a boat followed by a man and woman standing with their arms around each other and looking at the camera. The woman gets into a car. Shot of a woman in bed asleep and a man waking her up. She gets out of bed and he gets into it, laughing at the camera. Close up of a baby asleep. Shot of two men washing clothes outside followed by close ups of a baby and a deer. A man climbs up a ladder and up a pole. He attaches a United Kingdom flag to the top of the pole. A child plays with a bucket outside. Another child plays with them and they play by the pond and watch the fish. A family gather round as a man rides a horse around the garden. A child plays with a goat and a man feeds it. The mother puts the little girl on the goat's back. Close up of the fish in the pond followed by fish eating bait. Shot of a rainbow over a field. Shot of a man digging in the field and a child pushing a wheelbarrow. Shot of a little girl sitting on a horse followed by her carrying a goat. Shot of an alarm clock, beds outside surrounded by sheets and a man getting out of bed. A mother wakes up her children in the cot and a man brings over tea on a tray. Shot of the family drinking tea.

Keywords

Animals; Countryside; Family; Fields; Flowers; Holiday; India; Rainbow; Travelling; British Empire

Background Information

The Cann family ran an asbestos mine in India.