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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas' [90r] (179/200)
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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14. There shall be no coils of slack electric cable within the en
closure. The “leads” to the cinematograph lamps shall, unless cou-
veyed within a metal pipe or other suitable casing, be kept well apart
both within and without the enclosure and so run that the course of
each may be readily traced.
15. No electric current at a higher pressure than 220 volts shall
be used within the enclosure when a cinematograph apparatus is work
ing.
16. Electric light. —Within the enclosure the insulating material
of all electric cables, including “leads” to lamps in the enclosures, shall
be covered with fire-resisting material.
17. Smoking, etc. —No smoking shall at any time be permitted
within the enclosure, and no match or candle or other naked light shall
be allowed in the enclosure.
18. Fire precautions in enclosure. —Two liquid chemical extin
guishers, two buckets of sand, two buckets of water and a blanket shall
be kept inside the enclosure. A large sponge shall be kept in one of the
buckets of w r ater. One liquid chemical extinguisher shall also be kept
immediately outside the enclosure.
19. General precautions in enclosure. —The management and the
cinematograph operators shall take all due precautions for the preven
tion of accidents and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends
to cause fire and is not reasonably necessary for the purpose of the exhibi
tion ; no unauthorized person shall be allowed in the enclosure.
20. Machine. —The cinematograph machine shall be placed on firm
supports of fire-resisting material.
21. The body of the cinematograph machine shall either be con
structed of metal or lined 1 with metal and asbestos, in which case there
must be an air space between the metal and the asbestos lining. The
bottom of the cinematograph machine must form a metal tray which
shall be surrounded by a vertical edge at least one inch in depth.
22. The cinematograph machine shall be provided with a metal
shutter which can be readily inserted between the source of light and
the film gate.
23. This shutter shall be immediately dropped in the event of any
accident to the cinematograph machine or stoppage of the film and
shall only be raised when the film is in motion for the purpose of
projection.
24. The film gate shall be of massive construction and provided with
ample heat-radiating surface and the passage for the film shall be suffi
ciently narrow to prevent flame travelling upwards or downwards from
the light opening.
25. Each cinematograph machine shall be fitted with two film metal
boxes which shall be of substantial construction and not more than 14
inches in diameter measured internally. The film shall be made to
travel from one box to the other. The boxes shall be so constructed as
to close in a manner which will prevent the ingress of fire.
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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