A panorama of British India recorded by some of those who lived in it.
4: Tigers. Ponies and Mountains - Sport and Exploration
' He was under the tiger as it was dying. And he dreaded to struggle or even move in case the dying tiger might think that he was an itch and try to scratch him.' Speakers:
LT-GEN SIR REGINALD SAVORY
R. V. VERNEDE , LESLIE JOHNSON PHILIP MASON
GEOFFREY ST G. ALLEN
MRS GRACE NORIE , RUPERT MAYNI MRS IRIS PORTAL. LADY SMYTH VERE LADY BIRDWOOD SIR JOHN DRING
LT-COL L. P. LE MARCHAND
COL J. C. T. RIVETT-CARNAC FIELD-MARSHAL
SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK
COL KENNETH MASON. JOHN MORRIS MR AND MRS A. P. F. HAMILTON
SIR OLAF CAROE and IAN STEPHENS
Presented by Evan Charlton
Field recordings by CHARLES ALLEN and PRAKASH MIRCHANDANI Composed and produced by MICHAEL MASON
Plain Tales from the Raj, based on an earlier series.
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