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  • In the Heart of India (1916)
  • Short | Documentary, Short
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In the Heart of India (1916)
Short | Documentary, Short
The national drink of India is "toddy," a wine made from the palm tree. The palm flower is cut and the cap collected by the "toddy drawers." The wine is sold in great jars in the market. On the farms every farmer grinds his own castor ...See moreThe national drink of India is "toddy," a wine made from the palm tree. The palm flower is cut and the cap collected by the "toddy drawers." The wine is sold in great jars in the market. On the farms every farmer grinds his own castor beans, the oil of which is used for all sorts of things. The huge mortar is fixed, and oxen are harnessed to the pestle which revolves in it. Fuel is scarce in India and everything that will burn is saved. We see some of the old, old people of a native village. One old woman is 105, and has great-great-great-great-grandchildren. Then we see a high caste woman dressing her daughter in the "sari," or national dress of India. Roadmaking is well understood and the roads last for centuries, as they are so well constructed. Then we see the broadest banyan tree in all India, the main system being seventy feet in circumference. Its shade diameter in every direction is 180 feet. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
George A. Dorsey
Producer
Pat Powers
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Updated Dec 24, 1916
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Dec 24, 1916 (United States)

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