
01 Mar 1943

Ladakh
A stunning trek from the vale of Kashmir, via Sind Valley and Kargil and Lamayaru Monastry.
A lovingly crafted home movie charting the maiden voyage of the Brown family's new yacht.
01 Mar 1943
A stunning trek from the vale of Kashmir, via Sind Valley and Kargil and Lamayaru Monastry.
01 Jan 1945
Promotional film for camera equipment shop "Radio Armor".
25 May 2005
Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.
01 Jan 1956
A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.
23 Nov 2022
A filmmaker and rapper duo revive Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind” protocols - a set of filmmaking “rules” with which groups of strangers can conceive, shoot, and screen a film in just two and a half hours. Against the grim backdrop of the stringent Shanghai lockdown, the event soon turns into a sanctuary for individuals to forge collective dreams.
10 Jun 2009
Shipyard is a landmark documentary covering the creation and life of Bellingham, Washington's wooden boat shipyard, which was built in response to the Axis threat of WWII, it's continued growth through the '50's and '60's, as well as it's innovative role in the development and production of fiberglass boats, including patrol riverboats for the Vietnam war.
15 Apr 2003
A 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.
14 May 2002
A documentary following Zhou Yuanquiang, a cultural worker in Jingdezhen, China who makes movies with untrained local actors.
03 Jun 1934
A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.
02 Mar 1925
Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.
01 Feb 1928
Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.
11 Nov 1910
A demonstration of sport and fitness by members of the Indian Army.
05 May 1935
Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.
02 Feb 1928
Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English colonials lived.
05 May 1940
A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.
08 Jun 1947
Rare amateur footage of East India.
01 Jun 1933
Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.
01 Feb 1932
The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.
20 Feb 1950
Tyneside shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson turns out a beast of a tanker for the Argentine Navy.
02 Apr 1964
Vintage vehicles on parade in this amateur film record of the longest-running motor event in the world.