Movies: World Window

Filmed in 1938, less than a decade before Indian independence, Delhi has a curious tale to tell. ‘Delhi’, the viewer is informed, ‘is the cockpit of the Indian Empire’, it provides the ‘gateway to the riches of the south’. The opening sections of th...

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan....

“Travelogue on the city of Petra. Traces four civilisations, each of which found value in re-establishing the life of this city, whose temples and dwellings were shaped out of the caves in the cliff of a mountain range in the heart of the Arabian des...

A short directed by John Hanau and Hans Nieter...

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them....

Technicolor tour of Mt. Vesuvius and surrounding area....

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals....

Difficulties faced by a newly independent Austria, as well as other competitiveness and conflict between European nations....