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Cuttack Leper Asylum

Amateur film featuring scenes at an Indian leper colony

Documentary 1930 3 mins Silent

Overview

This amateur film was shot in a leper asylum at Cuttack in Orissa (now Odisha) - one of the oldest cities in India - supported by the Baptist Missionary Society. Scenes of patients receiving medical treatment, food and participating in games are followed by a sequence featuring Muslim group namaaz (prayer) in the street of a busy city (Cuttack?).