This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.
Chameleon Soho (1979)
From dawn till dusk in the bohemian heart of London’s West End. This 1979 portrait of the people and places of Soho catches the neighbourhood towards the end of an era. There's some great footage inside an Italian delicatessen and of assorted street characters. It's a fascinating glimpse into this walled garden of cosmopolitan life on the cusp of the gentrification and commercial interests that have since broken its borders.
Holy Angels (2017)
Documentary about the Holy Angels Residential School in Alberta, where hundreds of First Nations children were imprisoned.
Calcutta Pageant (1912)
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
Delhi to the North West Frontier (1935)
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
Chief Guide at Hyderabad Rally (1937)
Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.
Army Champions (1941)
This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and teamwork of sports and how these qualities are translated into the weapons training of American soldiers. We watch target practice by Army personnel with shoulder weapons, mortars, and various artillery pieces.
Hacking at Leaves (2024)
Hacking at Leaves documents artist and hazmat-suit aficionado Johannes Grenzfurthner as he attempts to come to terms with the United States' colonial past, Navajo tribal history, and the hacker movement. The story hones in on a small tinker space in Durango, Colorado, that made significant contributions to worldwide COVID relief efforts. But things go awry when Uncle Sam interferes with the film's production.
Operation Silence – The Flükiger Affaire (2024)
Autumn 1977: the Bernese officer trainee Flükiger is found dead. Who is to blame for his death? The RAF or the Béliers, was it an accident or intentional?
Indian Scene of Procession (1903)
Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.
Life in Hunza (1937)
Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.
The Last Days of the Raj (2007)
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
Concerning Violence (2014)
Concerning Violence is based on newly discovered, powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World, accompanied by classic text from The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.
A Punjab Village (1925)
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
Between the Lines: India's Third Gender (2005)
Repping best view to date into the world of the Indian eunuch, “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender” may not answer all the questions it poses, but helmer Thomas Wartmann provides an intimate glimpse at a community whose members are considered pariahs and conduits of supernatural force. Following shutterbug Anita Khemka in her quest to discover why these castrated men fascinate and repel, docu concentrates on three personalities and uses them as guides to their highly stratified world. Under its nautch skirts, film has strong enough legs to step out into international arthouses.