# BOMBAY MUMBAI INDIA 1930s TRAVELTALK TRAVELOGUE 79094

One of the TravelTalks series of films made by James A. Fitzpatrick, THE GATEWAY TO INDIA showcases the city of Bombay, India. At mark 0:36 is the city of Bombay, a gateway to India. At mark 0:45 is the gate cell. Bombay is the second largest city in India and one of the chief sea port of the area. It has a mixed population of over a million people practically of every race in the world. At mark 1:14 , is the modern metropolis. At mark 1:15 is the Tile Mahara hotel, the most pretentious one in India. At mark 1:36 , is a scene showing a transition between the modern civilization and the ancient. Here, we see the modern and the ancient form of vehicle. Men are seen riding on horse wagons. At mark 2:18 , is the famous race spot in Bombay. Here, is gathered representative from every nationality to partake. At mark 2:45 are the Parsee women. They are descendants of exiled prisoners. The entire populations now count to fifty thousand. At mark 3:14 , you find Parsee merchants, traders, herd, Japanese, Chinese, British all part of the cosmopolitan crowds of Bombay. Just a short distance from Bombay at mark 3:40 , is a village. All the people who live here are engaged in the fish industry. Here, many of them are vegetarians and would not eat fish of any kind due to religion. At mark 4:233, two boys are seen weaving. At mark 4:32 are two young women from the clan both putting on a sari. It is a one piece garment. Looking close to these young ladies at mark 4:45 , a red dot is both…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Travel, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/79094TheGatewayToIndia)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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