A Road in India (1938) - Jack Cardiff | BFI
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A tribute to the great British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who died in April 2009 aged 94. For more information about Jack's life and work see www.screenonline.org.uk/people...
The sights of India as seen from the perspective of a dusty road. This portrait of 'the enigmatic and disturbing East' is big on exoticism and cliché, but Jack Cardiff's Technicolor cinematography makes for typically compelling viewing. Cardiff later won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the India-set - though filmed in the UK - 'Black Narcissus' (1947).
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@noname-cu2xh
Born in 1992, I grew up as a child in Uttar Pradesh. Some of my experiences in the 90s and early 2000s are more similar to these times than to the totally transformed India of today. This goes to show how rapidly India has changed over the last two decades, and how resistant it was to change until the liberalization of the Indian economy.Very strange how i can find similarities between my time as a child in 1990s in uttar pradesh village to the viedoes from 1938, just insane.
@no22sill 4 жыл бұрын
I want to go back and breathe in the unpolluted air
@akshaykumarakubatoor8841 3 жыл бұрын
Those who are complaining that this documentary is staged, be thankful at least we have a source to look back in the history,
@tunderbomber 14 жыл бұрын
These were the days not much different from those in Kipling 's time. (Kim). I (Dutch) travelled India and Pakistan extensively by road in the 70 's and 80's.. A little more noise, a little more danger , but still as scenic as back then.
@rohitsandroid1655
Video is staged
@JunaidKhan-up2nb 3 жыл бұрын
unfortunately, around 50% of our Indian population is still living the same as they used to live in 1938. 😥😥😥😥
@kapilpal1561988 6 жыл бұрын
many people are wearing hand watches. Unbelievable.
@doctorshawzy6477
Well governed by the British
@saigonpunkid 12 жыл бұрын
Modernization is stripping away ancient traditions in India more than the British ever did.
@mohmmadbilalmajidkhan5639 3 жыл бұрын
I am indian muslim. hear for look how my people live old days transport
@TheVibhavbisht92
A beautiful window to the past!
@shamsalfarabi6107 4 жыл бұрын
For at least 2,500 years, the Grand Trunk Road has linked the Indian subcontinent with Central Asia. It runs from Chittagong, Bangladesh west to Howrah, West Bengal in India, then across Northern India passing from Allahabad (Prayagraj) it goes through Delhi, passing from Amritsar towards Lahore and Peshawar in Pakistan, finally terminating in Kabul, Afghanistan covering 4900 kilometers.
@Kumarlalitaditya23 Жыл бұрын
No
@AshishSharma-is4ur 3 жыл бұрын
How beautiful and open road and Innocent people in our Country!!
@britishfilminstitute 9 жыл бұрын
Legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff was born 100 years ago today. Experience his work in glorious Technicolor:
@elchoya100 10 жыл бұрын
Black Narcissus 1947 is cardiffs color masterpiece.wow this is beautiful color of india.
@vishnutripathi3675 3 жыл бұрын
raja looks like kabadi, 😂😂😂
@debalmajumder8952 4 жыл бұрын
the world was so beautiful then !
@pocoapoco2 15 жыл бұрын
The technical quality of this footage is unbelievable. It's 70+ years old for crying out loud. The only thing I could possibly knock it for if I wanted to would be that it's a bit contrasty and has a slight magenta cast both of which could be due entirely to the age of the footage. I have to wonder what this footage was like when it was freshly shot.
@moonday4868 6 жыл бұрын
India, outside the big cities, used to look like this until the late 1960s. India's population in 1938 was 307 million, about a quarter of what it is today. One human walking around for every four today. It was much prettier.
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