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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [88r] (175/200)
The record is made up of 1 file (100 folios). It was created in 7 Apr 1934-22 Jan 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The. Cinematograph Rules, 1920.
9
Secretai T stall maintain a register in which shall be entered
the following particulars, viz: —
(а) the name of every film examined under the Act;
(б) the name of the person applying for the certificate;
(c) the name of the person or company producing or releasing the
film;
(cc) the name of the country in which the film was originally
produced;
(d) the date of examination;
(e) order of the Board on the report of such examination; and
(/) the number and date of certificate issued, if any, together with
a copy of any endorsement made on such certificate.
Copies of the entries in such register shall be sent monthly to all
other authorities constituted under the Act for the examination and
certification of films in British India.
25i A member of the Board shall have power to enter any place
licensed under the Act for the purpose of seeing that the provisions
of these rules are being carried out.
Appointment and Duties of Inspectors.
26 . Inspectors shall be appointed under the Board for the purposes
of the examination of films and any other matters connected with the
administration of the Act.
27. The Inspectors shall be directly subordinate to the Secretary of
the Board and shall carry out all duties imposed upon them by him in
accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules thereunder.
28 . The Inspectors shall have power to enter any place licensed
under the Act for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act
or of the rules thereunder.
29. The Inspectors shall bring to the notice of the Secretary any
contravention of the Act or the rules thereunder or of the conditions
and restrictions subject to which any license or certificate has been
granted under the Act.
30. The Inspectors shall examine any film at the place and time
appointed by the Secretary for this purpose. They shall the same day
submit a report to the Secretary, for the orders of the Board, detailing
the nature of the film and stating whether, in their opinion, it is suit
able for public exhibition or not.
31. The Inspectors shall periodically visit all places licensed under
the Act in Calcutta during the time of the public exhibition of films.
H. L. Stephenson,
Chief Secretary to the
Government of Bengal
From c. 1758-1858, the East India Company's administration in Bengal. From 1773-1833, the most senior of the three subdivisions of India, also known as the Supreme Government of India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj.
(Offg.).
♦Political Department notification No. 6716P., dated the 17th May 1921.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the establishment of a cinema in Bahrain. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain concerning the desirability of opening a cinema in the country and the logistics involved in doing so. The file contains a letter from April 1937 (in English and Arabic) in which Belgrave grants two members of the Al Khalifa family permission to establish a cinema in Bahrain.
The file contains a number of letters from other individuals and companies interested in establishing a cinema in the country (ff 9-11,14,28,58-59).
The file also contains documentation regarding the licensing and censorship of films as follows:
- ordinance for licensing and controlling cinemas and other places of public amusement compiled by the Government of Bahrain (ff 66-69);
- government of Bengal From c. 1758-1858, the East India Company's administration in Bengal. From 1773-1833, the most senior of the three subdivisions of India, also known as the Supreme Government of India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. , Political Department, Manual of the Bengal Board of Censors, 1936 (ff 80-99).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (100 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 100; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-57; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A mixed foliation/pagination sequence covers the file notes between ff 70-79. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. Pagination: the file includes a booklet (ff 80-99) which contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/817
- Title
- 'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 5r:6v, 8r:8v, 12r:13v, 16r:27v, 29r:32v, 34r:34v, 36r:37v, 39r:42v, 44r:44v, 51r:51v, 54r:56v, 60r:60v, 62r:63v, 70r:99v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence