The Ordeal By Fire (1929)

Durban, South Africa. Full titles read: “THE ORDEAL BY FIRE - Indians rendered immune to physical pain by spiritual fervour, cross carpet of burning charcoal unhurt at Umbilo Temple.“ L/S’s of people in native dress walking across glowing embers, one man even starts to have a dance halfway across, another bounces across on two feet. L/S of people soaking their feet in water before they go across. L/S of people going across carrying some kind of bush (possibly figs) on their head. 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 co