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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [89v] (178/200)
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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8. Entrance to the enclosure and means of ventiTation. —The
entrance to the enclosure shall be through a closely fitting self-closing
dbor of fire-resisting material, suitably placed and opening outwards,
and all openings, bushes and points shall be so constructed and main
tained as to prevent, so far as possible, the escape of any smoke into the
auditorium. This door shall be kept closed at all times when not used
for ingress or egress. Channels of ventilation shall not be allowed to
communicate direct with the auditorium. The enclosure in which the
machine is being operated shall be provided with an opening or vent
flue in its roof or upper part of its side wall leading to the outdbor air.
The vent flue shall have a minimum sectional area of 50 square inches
and shall be fire proof.
Provided that when the enclosure, is so built that it may be con
structed to open directly on the outside of a building through a window
such window shall be permitted for the comfort of the operators but such
enclosure shall not be exempted from the requirement of the installation
of a vent flue (as prescribed above).
9. Position of enclosure! —The enclosure shall, unless this require
ment is expressly waived in the license, be so placed as to the outside
the main building forming the auditorium and where such auditorium
consists of a structure of a temporary or non-permanent character the
enclosure shall be at a distance of not less than .3 feet from such struc
ture. A space of 2 feet in width at the sides and in the front of the
enclosure and a space of 6 feet at the back in which the door is situated
shall be kept clear all round the enclosure.
10. Openings in enclosure. —In the front face of the enclosure there
shall be not more than three openings of which the central one must not
exceed 8 inches square and the others 6 inches square. Each opening
shall be fitted with a screen of fire-resisting material capable of being
operated both from inside and outside the enclosure and such screens
shall be so suspended and arranged that they will automatically close
the openings upon the operating of some suitable fusible or mechanical
releasing device.
11. The necessary pipes and cables shall enter through efficiently
bushed openings.
12. Temporary enclosure. —If a permanent enclosure is not provid
ed, the cinemaograph machine shall be contained in an enclosure formed
of a smoke proof box constructed of sheet iron on substantial frame work
and fastened together securely. The box shall be of sufficient dimen
sions to allow the operators to work freely and the floor shall, if boarded,
be covered with asbestos or other fire-resisting material of sufficient
thickness approved by the licensing authority.
13. Combustible materials. —No unnecessary combustible material
shall be allowed within the enclosure and ail necessary combustible
material, films, etc., except a film which is being passed through the
lantern, shall be kept in metal boxes suitable for the purpose which
shall be placed in an approved fire-proof box. The latter shall be kept
closed at all times except when it is necessary to obtain or replace a
film. Only those films which are being used at an exhibition shall be
kept in the enclosure but in no case shall an amount in excess of 80
lbs., be kept at one time in such enclosure, any excess being stored, until
required, in the place licensed under condition 33.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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