Tropical Ceylon 1932

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A tour of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)in 1932. Map of Indian Ocean, tropical road with wagon, coconut palm trees, coconuts being processed, man sorting coconut shells, houses made of coconut palms, roof being thatched, native house, woman buying a broom, woman holding child, baby crying and crawling, children boys playing wearing loin cloths, man showing long hairdo, water buffalo pulling art, washing water buffalo in river, baby elephant rubbing tree, boy riding baby elephant, large elephant dragging tree, boats on canal. Footage from this film is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: April 19, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Author: travelfilmarchive

Length: 00:09:01
Rating: 4.83
Views: 11771

Tags: Sri Lanka Ceylon elephants James Fitzpatrick stock footage travelogue

Video Comments:
amila2006 (September 23, 2008 at 4:57 pm)
narrator of this clip is Irish man.Brits do not like Irish the same way they do not like us Then...
So simple life then
sailordoc2007 (August 27, 2008 at 5:31 am)
"It's difficult to distinguish the average Sinhalese man from the opposite sex"??? The commentator is either blind or plain stupid to say something as daft as that. I've watched most of the videos on this archive and almost without exception, the narration and potrayal of Eastern, African or Polynesian cultures is alternately either facetious or patronising throughout
SE4NPS (June 21, 2008 at 1:27 pm)
4.48 lol
SE4NPS (June 21, 2008 at 1:24 pm)
Excellent! wish we could go back to traditional Sri Lanka before it was Westernised
SLboycricket (June 2, 2008 at 3:37 am)
Awesome footage of that era. Really great and amazing to see those days great Ceylon aka SriLanka.
islandcricket (June 2, 2008 at 2:13 am)
Great video vintage stuff and typical of this era. Thank you for sharing!
dearbosie1 (May 23, 2008 at 3:28 pm)
The racism is hilarious! This is an Orientalist masterpiece!
NaveenAsphalt (May 21, 2008 at 4:13 pm)
ok ok guys lets not make this a ethnic war ok! and i personally dnt believe v have a problem with tamil people in sl...wot we DO have is terrorist problem... kk enough f this!!! lets talk trash bout this video man!!!! :D :D :D

nirvana = extinct??? LOL... wot a dumb a**!!!
Looserdew (September 27, 2008 at 6:01 pm)
Well said!
gerdes01 (May 19, 2008 at 2:52 pm)
And dont forget the Tamils crimes against Ceylon.