Amazing footage from 1930 of life in Ceylon – probarbly taken by a British family – you see Galle Face Hotel in Colombo in 1930 and also Mount Lavinia Hotel. There are scenes of elephants and the Port of Colombo. Vernon Corea was just 3 years old in 1930. Life in Ceylon seemed peaceful. Radio had been launched in Ceylon during that time. See this rare footage of Sri Lanka:
Vernon Corea 1927-2002 