A visit to Singapore, an essential port city in Britain's empire, established in 1813 when Raffles negotiated its separation from the independent Malay state of Jahor. The camera observes Singapore's traditional neighborhoods, trade, and small craft, which are dominated by people of Chinese ancestry. Then, we drive the modern causeway to Jahor's small capital, Johor Bahru, for a look at imposing buildings and a visit to the grounds of the sultan. The sultan's son invites the crew in, and we meet the sultan, "H.H." himself. The narrator relates the sultan's commitment to commerce, economic well-being, and tolerance, stemming in part from his European education.
The film is a cinematic interpretation of the travel book “Armenia” by Russian poet Andrei Bely.

An intimate portrait of an inter-generational family as they bid farewell to the common ground that ...
At various points in its history, tiny St. John's Island was where Singapore's colonial founder Sir ...

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

The reception ebbs and flows as the unfamiliar landscape whirls by the window of a plane or train or...

Class Acts is a feature-length documentary tracing the genesis of Singapore's creative scene in the ...

Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a med...
An English travelogue by Stef Tijdink and Peter Delpeut

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words...

When Tomoko finds some messages for a 'Mr Smith' on a lost mobile phone, she finds herself on an 'Al...

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...

Each day, thousands of people leave countries like the Philippines to seek work abroad. They work as...

Sports enthusiast Ernest is to cover 6,000 kilometers on his motorcycle in 15 days, crossing Austria...
This short film was made by filmmaker (later archivist) Liam Ó Laoghaire (aka Liam O’Leary) and was ...

Take a revealing tour along a coast of contrasts, from the folksy freshness of Whitby to the coaly T...

Pure tranquillity in rural Somerset, a world away from the war raging on the continent.

Whistlestop tour of Dartmouth in Devon, taking in the 17th century Butterwalk arcade and medieval ca...

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.