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Indian Bands for Wembley

Date released

3 Apr 1924

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

658-1

NoS ID

129423

Story no

1 / 4

Colonel Mackenzie Rogan inspects Indian bands ready for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley.

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Aa302 Videocassette a (1998 Video)

Producer

Robert Philip

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale?, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 173 min.

A sequence of sections on music including: music from Mali and Nepal; the Eton Choir Book; composing for films; Indian music; Sundanese gamelan; historical keyboard instruments

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Fairy Queen, The (1995 Video)

Director

Barrie Gavin

Purcell’s opera based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera are conducted by Nicolas Kok. Directed for stage by David Poutney, choreographed...

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Indians Tour

Date released

21 Aug 1919

Series name

British Moving Picture News

Issue no

157

NoS ID

157592

Scottish pipers amuse Indian troops

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Cosmic Dance of Shiva, The (199 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., £25.00 (+VAT + p&p)

Shiva, the Hindu god of creation, is also the lord of dancers. The timeless quality of Indian art is shown here through Shiva’s dance, which emphasises the unity of all creative activities of man, whether...

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Indian Head Massage (2005)

aka: Day at the Spa: Indian Head Massage

Subject

FE; Health Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), ££5.99

Based on the idea that much of the tension from stress is collected in the head, neck, and shoulders, Indian head massage works by soothing particular areas of the body to relieve tension, and thereby...

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Bollywood and Beyond (2002)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £34.99

A video-based training pack offering an introduction to Indian cinema. It is the largest cinema in the world, but only in recent years has it started to gain recognition in the West. The video contains a...

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Calypso by a West Indian Dance Band

Date released

1943

Series name

Worker and Warfront

Issue no

9

NoS ID

156835

Story no

4 / 4

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Krishna in Spring (198 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

'Holi’, the Indian festival of spring, retells through music and dance the story of the life of Krishna, the Indian god of love and the arts. Krishna is portrayed through poetry and songs, dance drama and...

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Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1990 Video)

Director

Pervaiz Khan

Producer

Harminder Kalsi

Subject

Music

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Discusses Qawwali, a devotional music which combines complex ragas with exultant spontaneity. Its repetitive poetical force has made it an essential part of Muslim worship at Sufi shrines throughout the...

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