Mountbatten Unveils Portrait (1947)

London. Earl Louis Mountbatten Governor General of India unveils a portrait of Pandit Jawarhalal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, at India House. LS Mountbatten on the platform. MS CU Cut ins of Indians in the audience. LS General view of the assembly. MS Mountbatten speaking, paying tribute to Nehru.(nat sound). Krishna Menon is seated next to Lord Louis. MS He pulls the cord and unveils the portrait. MS the audience rise to applaud. 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 o
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