Maha Kumbh Mela: Now a Harvard University case study, in Allahabad

From the archive record

The Ganga or Ganges at Allahabad city in Uttar Pradesh - the largest instant city in the world. Millions of Indians and foreigners were accommodated in a mini city that was built on the banks of the river literally overnight! And everything went off like clockwork - no terrorist explosions, no untoward incidents or deaths and millions of Indians and foreigners (including Hollywood film stars and American politicians!) successfully hosted and moved around in great style! This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HD