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Sir John Laing Missionary Films Madras & Ceylon
Rare amateur footage of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka
Overview
Sir John Laing, heir to the Laing construction firm, was a deeply religious man. Several amateur films were taken documenting his missionary trips to South Asia. This film covers missions in parts of what is now the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (including Udagamandalam, or Ootacamund, and Coimbatore/Kovai) and what is now Sri Lanka and is a valuable visual record of people and places visited by Sir John (several times seen in the film).
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