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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [89r] (177/200)
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 SCHEDULE.
Conditions to be attached to a license issued under the provisions of
the Cinematograph Act.
1. Ail building or other regulations for observance at places of
public amusement imposed by the municipal by-laws or by any other
law, or by rules under any other law, for the time being in force, shall
be strictly adhered to.
2. No portion of the place licensed shall be occupied or used as a
hotel, boarding or lodging house,
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, workshop or manufactory
or for storage purposes, except as the licensing authority may, for the
time being, allow, nor shall such place be used for residential purposes
by day or night.
3. The relative positions of the picture screen and the seats shall
be such as may be specified in each case by the licensing authority at
the time of granting the license so that undue eye-strain may not be
caused to persons attending the cinematograph exhibition.
In specifying the relative positions referred to in this condition the
licensing authority shall see—
(1) that the angle of elevation subtended at the eye of any person
seated' in the front row by the length of the vertical line
dropped from the centre of the top edge of the picture to the
horizontal plane passing through the observer’s eye shall
not exceed 3,5 degrees, the height of the eye above the floor
level being assumed to be 3 feet 6 inches, and
(2) that the angle between the vertical plane containing the upper
edge of the picture and the vertical plane containing the
observer’s eye and the remote end of the upper edge of the
picture shall not be less than 25 degrees.
4. Overcrowding. —The number of persons admitted at any time
into any part of the place licensed shall not exceed such number as
may bo specified in the license as the number of persons who may be
accommodated in such part. No person shall be permitted to remain
in any of the intersecting gangways.
5. Such number of counters shall be provided in cinema houses for
the sale of tickets to the public as the licensing authority may deter
mine.
6. Fire precautions. —In every place licensed shall be kept such
number of chemical extinguishers, fire-buckets, hand-pumps or other
small fire appliances as the licensing authority shall direct. The
licensee shall comply with all directions issued by the licensing authority
for the purpose of safeguarding the public in case of fire.
7. Enclosure for apparatus. —The cinematograph machine shall be
placed in a permanent enclosure. Such enclosures shall be at least 6
feet in height. If one machine is to be operated the floor space shall
not be less than 48 square feet. If more than one machine is to be
operated therein an additional 24 square feet shall be provided for each
additional machine. The enclosure containing the cinematograph
machine in these rules referred to as “the enclosure’’ shall be substan
tially constructed of fire-resisting materials.
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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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- Reference
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence