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A large number of short clips taken from the film
"Sun Seed". This material was professionally recorded in the
early 1970s (possibly after a World Fellowship of Religions
Conference) during the construction of the Manav Kendra at Dehra
Dun. Most of the material has synchronized audio although there
are a few film clips with no accompanying sound track, a few
audio tracks with no images, and short periods of film leader,
etc. Converted from a VHS recording (film starts at 00:23
min). Duration: 17:28 min. File size: 46MB
Film clips from September 1969 through March 1970
taken in Delhi and Dehra Dun. Photography by David Leeworthy. Duration:
47:39 min. File size: 126MB
The collected short film clips were shot around
the time period of the Unity of Man Conference (Feb. 1974) and
include images from the conference, Sawan Ashram, Manav Kendra
and a couple of other outings. Although this is no new material
and it has appeared elsewhere in other forms, it was added to
our collection due to the better than average quality of the
conversion to DVD. The talk "Man! Know Thyself" was used for the
audio track although the entire talk is not on the DVD.
Original film clips are courtesy of Lorinda Bloch. Duration:
29:44 min. File size: 107MB
Previously unavailable video of European stops on
the 1963-64 and 1972-73 tours. The DVD "menu" is in German
(image above) but for the most part is self-explanatory. This
.avi movie does not have the ability to jump to chapters however
the menu does give the content of the film. With audio. Duration:
81 min. File size: 239MB
Made from previously unavailable film taken in India. Most of the films are from 1969 through 1974 while the final film is from the 1950s. Total run time is 2 hours and 6 minutes. The source material for these DVDs is 8mm film ("home movies"). The online files are split into the 7 chapters of the original DVDs. With audio from Hindi Satsangs.
Film 1 Duration:
23:55 min. File size: 91MB
Film 2 Duration:
13:23 min. File size: 53MB
Film 3 Duration:
19:26 min. File size: 82MB
Film 4 Duration:
21:45 min. File size: 83MB
Film 5 Duration:
24:31 min. File size: 94MB
Film 6 Duration:
10:30 min. File size: 40MB
Film 7 Duration:
12:02 min. File size: 46MB
Film with synchronized audio from Master’s 1972
tour, specifically the evening talk on November 9, 1972 in
Vancouver, BC. The film is in black and white, and the
corresponding soundtrack is available here
under the name "9nov72e". Duration: 59 min. File
size: 2.2GB
Film from the 1972 San Francisco Bay region tour
stops ... film quality varies quite a bit. Included are arrival
at the San Francisco Airport, talks from the Unitarian Churches
in Berkeley and San Francisco, talk at the Lovelace home and
talk at Santa Clara University. The audio is not synchronized.
The first sound track is a narration about Sant Kirpal Singh's
Mission. The remainder of the audio is talks given by Kirpal
Singh during this tour stop - November 16 Q&A session and
post meditation talks at Santa Clara University and the November
13 evening talk given at the Unitarian Church in San Francisco.
This film available on YouTube
in a higher resolution format and with audio. Duration:
51:58 min. File size: 105MB
A collection of short 16mm films from the Munich
and Innsbruck Satsangs. Duration: 50:25 min. File
size: 180MB
Collected films from Summer 1974 in India.
Includes scenes from Sawan Ashram (Delhi), Rajpur Road and Manav
Kendra (Dehradun), Rashtriya Sant Samagam at Desu Colony
(Delhi), and the Parliament of India (New Delhi). With audio. Duration:
60:29 min. File size: 164MB
A "made in India" documentary of the February
1974 Unity of Man Conference. Includes synchronized audio clips
of Kirpal Singh, Mrs. Ghandi, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and
others. Narration is in Hindi. Converted from a VHS tape. Duration:
49:45 min. File size: 178MB
Additional material from the time of the Unity of
Man Conference. Film with audio although it was a hand held
camera with less than ideal location for most shots. Includes
Luncheon after Press Conference, procession before start of
conference, shots of langar, etc. Duration: 1 hour and
42:40 min. File size: 256MB
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