Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.
The Andes Mountains travel the western side of South America. Unlike many other mountain ranges of their altitude, the Andes do support human life on their high altitude slopes. Modern life is slowly making its way to the high altitude Andes, but the natives for the most part continue with the traditional ways of their ancestors, growing limited crops such as beans and potatoes - where the crop originated - raising sheep and pigs, and living in crude huts. The llama is the most useful of their work animals. The most conspicuous aspect of the native dress is their derby hats, the origins which are unknown. Further down the slopes, agriculture and ranching is more productive and is carried out by descendants of the Spanish settlers. There is a famous lake district in the Chilean part of the Andes, where resort hotels are located.
A 40-day, 40-night road trip to the Trinity Site—where the first atomic bomb was detonated in the summer of 1945—covering many other atomic destinations and driving deep into the natural and social history of the American southwest.
Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.
This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.
Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.
York, Harrogate, and Whitby are the essential stops-offs in this picturesque travel companion
The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.
Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.
In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …À Valparaiso, one of his most poetic films. Contrasting the prestigious history of the seaport with the present the film sketches a portrait of the city, built on 42 hills, with its wealth and poverty, its daily life on the streets, the stairs, the rack railways and in the bars. Although the port has lost its importance, the rich past is still present in the impoverished city. The film echoes this ambiguous situation in its dialectical poetic style, interweaving the daily life reality (of 1963) with the history of the city and changing from black and white to colour, finally leaving us with hopeful perspective for the children who are playing on the stairs and hills of this beautiful town.
The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.
The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun
In this superbly produced, two-part documentary, you'll trace the holy city's prophetic history and explore what the Bible professes regarding Jerusalem's fate.
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
Beautiful stencil-coloured images of collecting (and eating) the fruit of India.
This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.
Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.
A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.
Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.