Film footage of a cremation scene in Benares, India, by Roger Dumas, circa November–December 1927

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Film footage of a cremation scene in Benares, India, by Roger Dumas, circa November–December 1927. This was filmed at a ghat on the bank of the Ganges. This film footage was taken by Roger Dumas of The Archives of the Planet project [French: Les archives de la planète], a massive undertaking led by French banker Albert Kahn to document the world’s diverse cultures in picture before modernization & globalization permanently changed them forever.

File name: Scenedecremation AI13077

Note: The name of the city is alt. spelt as 'Banaras'. Another name is 'Kashi'. Nowadays, it is called 'Varanasi'.

Title: Scène de crémation ["Cremation Scene"]

Copyright: Freely reusable (CC-BY-4.0)

Field: Moving images

Identifier: AI13077

Location(s): Ganges, Benares, India

Operator(s): Dumas, Roger

Mission: 1927 - India - Roger Dumas - (November-December)

Duration: 00:03:00 min

Sound: Not specified

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CC BY 4.0, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Credit

Roger Dumas (1891–1972)

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