Wide Wide World (1948)

Full title reads: “WIDE WIDE WORLD“. London - Champion cycling on moving tracks takes place in a cinema. Cyclists start pedalling on the stage as a man fires a gun to mark start of the cycling on moving tracks race in London’s cinema. Several shots of the four men cycling on stage with another men holding their bicycles. Audience watching - they do not look very excited. More shots of the men cycling and the two watches showing the time and mileage. Audience applauds at the end of race. Allahabad, India - Hindu Ardh Kumbh Festival. Swordsmen in front of an elephant. Sweet sellers, procession in background. Various shots of procession. Elephant in procession. Bearded men. Crowd of onlookers watching the procession of Sadhus (small saints). Back view of procession of Nagas, other saints. They are naked and their bare bottoms are seen. Devotees rub sand that has been trodden by the saints onto their foreheads. Close up shot of a musician. General views of the crowds and the riverside. Various shots of th