The New Year Begins (1930)

Mysore in Southern India. New Year ceremony - the Maharajah rides forth from his Palace to the temple. Camera pans across vast crowd of people outside the Palace. A mounted policeman rides through the crowd. High angle shot of the crowd - musicians play and men walk on stilts. M/S of soldiers in ornate uniforms on horseback. High angle shot of the crowds with the palace in the background and a British Union Jack flag in the foreground. A marching military band walks through an ornate archway. M/S of the soldiers who carry large decorated poles. M/S of a marching band. High angle of mounted military band. The Maharajah arrives on an elephant. He is led through the crowd lined streets with a marching band behind him. High angle shots of dignitaries in the parade. Mounted soldiers with long spear like weapons. C/U of the Maharajah sitting inside an ornate carriage on the back of the elephant. The elephant is led through the crowds as are other carriages and elephants. Various shots of th