Panorama of Calcutta (1899)
- Directed by
- John Benett-Stanford
- Genre
- documentary film, short film, silent film
- Country
- British Raj
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short silent film claims to show the ghats of Calcutta in 1899. It is one of the earliest movies shot in India but its accuracy is questioned.
historicquietobservationalunsettlingambiguousbriefmysteriousarchival
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