21st Independence Celebrations In Ceylon (1969)

Kandy, Ceylon / Sri Lanka. Various shots of military parade marching past saluting dais during parade to celebrate 21st Independence of Ceylon. MS Ceylon P.M., Dudley Sennanyake / Senanayake and Gov. Gen. William Goppollawa / Gopallawa on the saluting dais. MS Schoolchildren and peasant types in march past. Note: discrepancy in records as to name spellings - to be checked. (Orig. Neg.) FILM ID:3314.2 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 content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.