A Day at St. Christopher College and School (Chennai) (c1920s) 

A visual feast to watch. My mother was born in 1920. Some are grand mother's age. I am 74. You saw how the world looked 100 years ago. Great ! Thanks British pathe for your valuable video They taught children of my mother's age initially.

How graceful the girls look, carry themselves so well.

Proper vocational courses, rest time, excursions, co curricular activities, so many types of fun-filled outdoor slides and swings... Seems that education system was better in 1920 as compared to 2018

More mannered and well disciplined than today.

Thanks BFI 🙏 , it is very pleasant to see the older days

It is mentioned that infrastructure is poor! But I feel those sheds are best! No need of fan and AC! It’s natural!

Can't imagine even today in other parts of India how women facing hurdles to have education. Tamilnadu always ahead of other states

There was a time when Americans would say that Indians spoke better English than Americans.

Expressions of the lady at 13:52 are so real and warm...Our ladies r the most beautiful...Full of grace...

3:08 - 3:22 British lady enters the premises with shoes where all indians leave their chappal outside

It is pleasure to watch this treasure 👍

So many of them would be no more today

I just realized it has been 100 years since making of this film 😳,,,,

Most of the families of these children might have well settled by now ... Thanks for their quality education

priceless contributions in you.. crossing borders of age and time.. *_AFTER 2 MONTHS THIS VIDEO WILL MARKED AS A VIDEO BEFORE 100 YEARS_*

It's great to see girls so simple . and we'll cultured .

RIP to all.

Great memories see my fellow human of same land

Excellent system for students The playground The technic of teaching The healthy environment The most humble teachers The discipline The time schedule Just outstanding We can not mathch this system today NOW EDUCATION IS ONLY BUSINESS TODAY NO DISCIPLINE NO RESPECT FOR ELDERS ONLY INTOXICATION (SIGARATE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ) ONLY ILLICIT SEX AND BECOME A DEMON AT THE END ONLY

Good informative video. Thanks. It was a peaceful, simple but vibrant India at that time.

oh my.. I love British India and its school system.. sports and physical fitness given equal importance. school looks neat and clean, with trees and lot of play ground. I can relate to how African rural and under developed areas are being educated and built now.

These were the days with very less competition forjobs..now 1 vacanacy and thousands of employers..

Wonderful film.Must have been taken in the late 1930's as the college moved to this campus only in 1933.I lived close by. Further down the road towards the end was the Tram shed where all the Red trams plying Puraswalkam and adjoining areas were stationed. I think in the 1960s Trams were taken off the roads and the Tram shed became Periyar Thidal.That road was full of Bungalows where a lot of Anglo Indians lived.Vepery was a nice place to live in those days.

How calmed and composed they were

Superb.. Superb.. Superb.. Thanks for uploading this beautiful video. Very useful.

My god ,they r playing games . really awesome..swings ...ooowowo

What a wonderful footage 🎥 thank you bfi 🙏

I wish there would have been an audio on this 100 year old video. Outstanding though.

Beautiful seeing all those education system 🙏🙏

7:22 is that Ida Scudder the founder of CMC Vellore? this is gold!

Every one are slim and beautiful 👧

Old school is so good

100 years old 😊

I kinda liked Padmini. She's beautiful.

beautiful documentary ,print quality very good, British India and its school system.. sports and physical fitness given equal importance. school looks neat and clean, with trees and lot of play ground,from Chennai thanks bfi.

அந்த காலத்தில் வாழ்ந்த உணர்வு.. இது என்ன மறுபிறவியோ? உங்களில் எத்தனை பேர் இதை உணர்கிறீர்கள்??

Aft nun napping that part is my fav😍 I always take a nap in critical situations

I am sadened to see the hatred..the dirt...ignorance..the arogance..the pride..selfishness...the blindness...and finally no fear of God...despite being well educated as they sound. Its evident that Love and compassion for fellow men does not originate from intelligence and literacy but out of a good heart.Feeling helpless to understand this so- called -delligent-debate but to pray for their peace of mind.May God help you...brothers and sisters.

lol that game the kids are playing 8:25 xD haha much fun!

Well organized 👍

We have come a long way within a century

It was very relaxing watching this video.

Old is Gold

Wonderful

outstanding

Amazing video

Precious!!!!!!!

Oh my god love to see

Perfect School Environment with Study and all extra curricular activities

I want to get olden days life. After the void all will start this type of life only i think. All are very simple. In teacher training everyone must be like that only. Without teacher qualities many are becoming the teachers. Many teachers are talking in the schools also always about the ornaments and stares. Completing the syllabus is important now. There are no moral stories.in the schools. After seeing this teachers training school I am remembering my B. ed training days in Mysore.

Amazing amazing! Really graceful. Each one knew their role too well. Sitting on the floor and eating in a more disciplined manner. Simplicity at its best. Teachers sitting along with students for lunch and students serving other students is a great initiative at that time. The dresses of girls and staff looked tidy and neat. I think the student Padmini must have been a school leader or some thing. I Makes me wonder and curious as to What Padmini might be doing now?

What a beautiful life

All the curriculum activities are good which would be possible today in school to make overall development of students

Wow...

How delightful! We also got to see the upper echelons of Indian Society as most families wouldn't allow the women in their family to get educated (even upper castes), it's the very Rich even amongst the upper castes who probably allowed the women in their family to get education or those who had the resource to spend money. I mean this as no shade, just that irrespective of castes, women weren't allowed to get education until after Independence.

St. Christopher college is in Madras(now Chennai) not Madurai. Please let people know, is ther any Christopher college in Madurai.

I Love Padmini. ♥️

good environment.

Peaceful, wise, disciplined Life, free from ambitions and wants.

அருமையான பதிவு

Nice video...

Ther are all our Christians . And hindus and muslims., how are studied in our prestigious st . Christopher college Madurai, how women is using her freedom in a proper way in those days finding true faith and god in st . Christopher college Madurai.

nice training...n golden time....

I don't know why but I have a very strong desire to know how the daily lives of different people looked like in the past, in the stone age, in the nascence of agricultural revolution ,in mediaeval period..... Anyone suggesting any literature that describes the lives of 15-16-17-18th century is welcome.

All girls look gorgeous 😍

How good was that life , mobile has taken some time really good shit from us

12:47 the thumbnail or serenity that brought me here.

13:50 Look how old Indian map looks like . Comprising Pakistan and Bangladesh .Seems we were a pretty big country back then

Beautiful🥰💐👌💯

Much much better than venomous 2020

Girls have nice black hair ,, Tamizhnadu stands for their own culture.....

While watching this video only black and white suddenly advertisement came i don't know how to express myself.

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ from Tamilnadu...

I should be born in tis golden years!! thousand time than now!

Beautiful

Does you have any videos masulipatnam now a days machilipatnam

I don't think this is from 1920, and is most likely from a later date. Something about the clothes, and also the modern style of school bus, and also the rickshaws, seems to indicate that it might be from later, perhaps the late 1930s or 1940s. Regarding the clothing, the modern (Tagore-style) of sari was rare before the 1930s. The style wrapped between the legs was the norm. Also, younger girls and the boys are wearing Western style clothes. That too, was very rare or unknown in conservative towns such as Madurai. The BFI should check its dating of the reels.

Love all..beyond knowledge religion and fortune...we live once in this world.

No mobiles only happyness

very successful strategy for missionaries for converting indians still.

13:51 her smile from 1920

Those days 🌌

A full century now..

Video looks great and informative but it seems this school was only for rich people, because it looks so sophisticated on that time.

123 years video❤❤❤❤🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳👍😔

Better days , happiness which ady gone soooo sad

Happy days 💗

where is that place in madurai at present and in what name?very eager to know that.

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American mission educated Indian people, and medical care also .today 's people who know about the truth 💯 🙌 👌 ✨ 👏

That swinging looks dangerous as hell, how do they do that casually?

Is this a video of the 1920s or 1940s!! Anyhow, the condition of the videography is in very good condition. 1920s is an era of transformation in India. On one side Gandhiji began his struggle for freedom through non- cooperation where millions of men and women took active participation and on the other side Indian life was entering into a modern phase. Women were going to college, taking role in public life and joining professions from films to medicine and judiciary. This video shows life was so simple. This was also the beginning of Indian socialism. - Abhishek Roy

1920 s video s are running faster than today's.i think the video was 1940.

Is this a reference video on how christianization of educational institutions started by British in India?

Good old vlog

It not 1920 it's 1923... It's there on the college website

There is no Christopher college in Madurai. It is situated in chennai.Christian training college for women teachers in Madras (Chennai). The school was founded in 1923 and still exists today, now known as St Christopher's College of Education. Chennai EVK sambath Road near to Thina Thanthi office Chennai

Sound is missing..if sound has recorded then very good

All baby girls and teachers deid now . Feeling sad..

in a video i have notice lack funds ,lack of funds how would you have funds when where stilling Indians wealth and building London