British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
1-10 of 15 results | Page 1 of 2
« First
‹ Prev12Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. Bombay: Our City (1985 Video)

    Director
    Anand Patwardhan
    Producer
    Anand Patwardhan
    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 82 min.

    Relates the daily battle for survival of the four million slum dwellers of Bombay, who constitute half of the city’s population. They are the workforce of Bombay: the industrial labour, the construction...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  2. BFI London Film Festival Education Programme

    Date
    3 Sep 2015, 17:59
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    The Education Programme for the London Film Festival starts on 17 September, building towards the Festival dates 7 – 18 October. For students, it offers special screenings of new films from around the...

    Other Other Record only Record only

  3. Gothic in India: Bombay Railway Station (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Victorian Gothic Revival-style Victoria Terminus Train Station in Bombay was built as an expression of British power and wealth in India, but it also reflects a meeting point of two cultures. Its...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  4. Megacities (2011)

    Director
    Michael Glawogger
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

    This documentary explores the resourcefulness and imagination of people living in some of the world’s most overpopulated cities: Bombay, New York, Moscow and Mexico City.The film is a tale in twelve...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  5. Indian Pilgrimage, An: Ramdevra (1974 Film)

    Director
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Producer
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Ramdev, a medieval martial hero and saint of western India, has become the focus of a miracle cult spread by a growing body of folk music. The film follows a group of Hindus on pilgrimage from Bombay to...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  6. India Marches (1941 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Based around the training of the 15th Punjab regiment, this film extols the benfits of life in the British army. Importantly the harmonious mixing of different Indian cultural traditions is emphasised. The...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  7. Sachin: A Billion Dreams (2017)

    Director
    James Erskine
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £4.99

    Documentary about the life and career of legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. The film charts Tendulkar’s career from his first-class debut for Bombay at the tender age of 15, to becoming the...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  8. Daasi (Slaves) (1983 Video)

    Director
    Jabeen Siddique
    Subject
    Sociology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 45 min.

    Exposes the social injustices and exploitation of the lives of prostitutes in Bombay, focusing on an area called Karmathapuri, where over 200,000 women and girls, mainly from Nepal where the standard of...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  9. Bacillus Typhosus (Typhoid and Cholera Bacilli)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences

    This film illustrates the movement and agglutination of typhoid (2 mins 30 secs) and then cholera bacilli (2 mins 30 secs). Probably one of the earliest surviving film records of bacteriological research....

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Online Online

  10. Phantom India (7 Parts) (1969 Film)

    Director
    Louis Malle
    Producer
    Elliott Kastner
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part 1: Briefly opens in Calcutta then goes to the South in search of traditional India, of religious piety, of the agricultural problems showing aspects of the daily lives of fishermen and peasants. Some...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
About marked records »
1-10 of 15 results | Page 1 of 2
« First
‹ Prev12Next ›
Last »
Sort results by
77 Wells Street
London, W1T 3QJ
Tel. 020 7393 1500
E-mail: ask@bufvc.ac.uk
Twitter: @LearnonScreen