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PHOTO0000004660

English transcription: Province of Uttar Pradesh - Lok Kalakar Institute of Popular Art. Here, Chanchari dance.
French transcription: Province d'Uttar Pradesh - Institut d'Art populaire Lok Kalakar. Danse Chanchari.
Description: The photo shows men and women dance together holding hands. Another two men play musical instrument inside the circle dance. Behind them, there are the forest and the mountain.
Location: Almora

PHOTO0000001501

English transcription: Due to its particularly rich deposits of iron, the region surrounding Jamshedpur is being rapidly developed by both state and private enterprises. Shown here, a general view of the Tata Iron and Steel works. This company, established at the beginning of the century, is one of the oldest and most productive plant of its kind in India.
French transcription: Le sol des environs particulièrement riche en fer, a pour conséquence directe, le développement rapide de la région sous l'impulsion de l'état et d'entreprises privées. Ici, une vue générale de l'Aciérie, Tata Iron and Steel Company, fondée au début du siècle et l'une des plus anciennes et des plus productrices de l'Inde.
Description: A massive iron and steel works factory, spewing enough smoke and fumes around it to obscure the works below it to the right, as well as - in front - the buildings in the valley below.
Location: Jamshedpur.

PHOTO0000001049

English transcription: Villagers trekking to relief centres during the famine in the Ryalseema area.
French transcription: Des villageois se rendant au centre de se cours pendant la famine qui a sévi dans la région de Rayalseema.
Description: There are approximately 10 men and women. They wear rags and are very skinny, particulary the old men.
Location: Andhra.

PHOTO0000001493

French transcription: Colloque sur la Végétation de la Zone Tropicale Humide tenu sous l'égide du poste de Coopération Scientifique de l'UNESCO pour l'Asie du Sud-Est et du Conseil de la Recherche Scientifique d'Indonésie. Sur la photo Visite de la Sainte foret de Sangeh Bali.
Description: A forest of giant trees in a tropical setting, dwarfing the men and women standing below and looking up. There seems also to be a young man wearing a plaid shirt, shorts, knee socks and flat hat.
Location: Tjiawi (Java).

PHOTO0000004710

French transcription: Province d'Assam - Danse guerrière en costume de cérémonie de la tribu des Abors. Leurs casques sont ornés de peau d'ours et un précieux bijou de famille - la machoire supérieure d'une panthère - est suspendu à laurs colliers. Les Abors sont courts et trapus. Le troisième à partir de la gauche est le Miri qui conduit leurs dances par des chants racontant le passé de la tribu ses légendes de la création de l'univers et ses croyances religieuses.
Description: Des hommes vêtus en guerrier sont alignés. Ils portent une épée ou une lance. Ils sont coiffés d'un casque à fourure.
Location: Assam

PHOTO0000003549

English transcription: Visual Aids Centre of the College of Education.
French transcription: Le centre audio-visuel du Collège de formation pédagogique.
Description: Two young men in a storage room containing racks of film reels.

PHOTO0000003547

English transcription: Visual Aids Centre of the College of Education.
French transcription: Le centre audio-visuel du Collège de formation pédagogique.
Description: Inside a multimedia library, there are eight young people. On the left, two girls and a boy are sitting around a table watching rolls of film with small viewers and taking notes. Film canisters are on the table. On the right, three young men are sitting around another table, with a tape recorder on it. They are listening with headphones. Behind them, two boys stand in front of shelves, where magnetic tape cases are stored.

PHOTO0000003541

English transcription: Visual Aids Centre of the College of Education.
French transcription: Le centre audio-visuel du Collège de formation pédagogique.
Description: In a small room, two young men wearing long pants and white shirts are standing. The one on the left, behind a table with hand winder, is using a film splicer, between a small full reel and a large empty reel. A wooden box with an inscription in Thai is on the floor under the table. The other young man beside a small table is holding a film can in a wooden box with inscription in Thai. Behind him, on the wall, a rack full of film cans. Others wooden boxes are stored beside the rack.

PHOTO0000003544

English transcription: Visual Aids Centre of the College of Education.
French transcription: Le centre audio-visuel du Collège de formation pédagogique.
Description: The picture shows four young men, each wearing headphones, listening to a reel-to-reel tape player.

PHOTO0000003546

English transcription: Visual Aids Centre of the College of Education.
French transcription: Le centre audio-visuel du Collège de formation pédagogique.
Description: La photo montre des élèves en train de travailler dans le centre audiovisuel. Sur leur table se trouve des pellicules et des appareils photo.

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