India's Independence Day: The Arrival of Earl Mountbatten (1947) | British Path

Earl Louis Mountbatten arrives in India to celebrate India's independence from Britain and to inaugurate the transfer of power on his last day as Viceroy of India. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #India #Britain Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:) India's Independence Day, 1947. Footage from India where celebrations took place on the Day of Independence from Britain. BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now cons