# Heavyweight gift from India

Following a letter from the Amsterdam girl Thea de Boer to the prime minister of India asking for a male elephant, the Murugan elephant arrives in the port of Amsterdam. Under the watchful eye of children and the Indian charge d'affaires, the elephant is hoisted from the steamship Poeloe Laut.

- Kind: Film
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Archive: [Europeana](https://www.europeana.eu/item/2051906/data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_663858)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/europeana/2051906~data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_663858?play=1)