Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.
Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder? This documentary shows how India was dogged by nationalism and religious conflict on its path to independence - and how these factors mark the country to this day.
Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.
On the basis of anonymous telephone calls made to a helpline for teenagers, On Hold makes us hear a dissonant speech. Recounted here by older people, these testimonies are the occasion to question the construction of masculinity and its generational heritage. Between humour and dread, the film unveils what remains unsaid in a sick society.
This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing overview of tea production – from the planting of tea seeds to the final shipping of the precious leaves across the globe.
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
"Soup, soap, salvation." True to this motto, the Salvation Army cares for the marginalized and needy. Officer Fredi Inniger also visits homeless and lonely old people in the city of Zurich. Director Thomas Thümena accompanies Inniger in his busy everyday life with his camera.
Aging parents of disabled adults, they worry about their child's life after their disappearance. A moving insight into the daily life of a family home in the Vendée region, which offers them the prospect of a peaceful future.
A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.
The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun
Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.
The timber trade calls on animal help.
This sex education movie explore themes of body development, sexual hygiene, masturbation, menstruation, puberty, sex and giving birth.
Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.
Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.