Kandy Festival (1968)

Unissued / unused material - some dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Kandy, Ceylon / Sri Lanka. VS Decorated elephants, masked dancers and drummers slowly parade through the former hill capital of Kandy, during a festival called the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, or the pageant “Esala Dalada Perahera“. Note: Date on original record: 16/08/1968. 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 content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.