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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [48r] (95/200)
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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(vi) that the cinema will be considered like
any other trading concern and all materials
imported for the construction, equipment,
running or management of the cinema will
pay the usual duties,
(vii) and that the benefits mentioned in this
letter shall not be transferred to any
other person and the persons mentioned in
this letter shall be financially respon
sible to the Government for any compensa
tion to the public which may be ordered
on account of injury or accident taking
place on the premises.
Immediately on receipt of the regulations for the
running and management of cinemas in India, you will
be advised and certain rules framed in addition to
i
those^to suit the living conditions in Bahrain and
you will abide by fcheee all such regulations.
The Government reserves the right at any time
without any warning to suspend the exhibition of
films and has the right to refuse permission to
exhibit any films which, in the opinion of the govern
ment are not suitable for public exhibition and such
right of permission, suspension or closing the cinema
will rest with the Commandant of Police.
1 hope you are agreeable to these conditions and
wish you all success. Salaams.
Adviser to the Government.
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- Content
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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/817
- Title
- 'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas'
- Pages
- 3r:3v, 7r:7v, 15r:15v, 33r:33v, 35r:35v, 38r:38v, 43r:43v, 45r:50v, 52r:53v, 61r:61v, 65r:69v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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