Calcutta Topical No. 1

In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wide variety of perspectives.

To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of consumption/exploitation t...

Comedian and presenter Lloyd Griffith embarks on an experiment to find out if he can uncover the secrets of gambling success and in the process learn...

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

The life of the people of the Naga Hills, Assam, including sports activities and tribal ceremonies, presented within a fictional framework.

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.

This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.

An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.