Esala Festival In Ceylon (1965)

Unissued / Unused material - Ceylon / Sri Lanka. VS It’s raining and crowds watching the Esala Festival have umbrellas. up while watching the parade. The parade consists of locals dressed up, some playing drums, wearing rosary, and on decorated elephants. (.) Old record suggests material dates from around 14/08/1965. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.