Freedom At Midnight: Rare Footage of 15th August 1947 Celebrations

Rare Film Clips: See Nehru, Jinnah, Mountbatten & Gandhi, watch how India celebrated their freedom on 15th Aug 1947

India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with former Cuban President Fidel Castro. (Photo: Reuters)

For every country, the day she became independent will forever remain the greatest in her history.

Do you wonder what it was like when the people of India and Pakistan finally realised they are citizens of a free country? Do you want to see their faces as the Mountbattens declared us independent in 1947?

What was the mood like? How did it all happen? These YouTube clips by British Pathe tell you precisely that.

At the India House reception, MK Vallodi, the retiring High Commissioner for India makes a speech. He welcomes the guests and announces the plan for the day.

He then goes on to speak about what the day meant at the time and the path India should take having achieved independence relatively free of bloodshed.