
Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.


Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.
1947-07-01
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6.0In an age when women were incapable of joining the artistic dialogue, Lilias Trotter managed to win the favour of celebrated critics.
6.5A group of teenagers from Flint, Michigan filmed themselves kidnapping and terrorizing a new acquaintance, before taking her out to a woods and dumping her in a shallow grave. They then taunted their terrified and blindfolded victim asking if she had any last requests before they cut her throat. But was the kidnap real or just a game? Three days later the tape was in the hands of the police and the 5 teenager friends were in custody facing life imprisonment. This program talks to the people at the heart of this story - including two of the defendants - in an attempt to understand what really happened in the woods around Flint last year. It also screens the video of the 'abduction'. What is revealed is an extraordinary and disturbing record of a night when something went terribly, terribly wrong.
0.0A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.
0.0An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.
0.0Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.
0.0The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.
0.0Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.
0.0Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.
0.0Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.
0.0The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.
0.0Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
0.0Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
0.0Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
0.0Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.
0.0Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.
0.0Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.
0.0This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.
0.0A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.