Asian Cultural Centre opens in Peterborough
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Asian Cultural Centre opens in Peterborough
Anglia TV report from Peterborough where a new Asian Community Centre is being established in the older part of town, on Lincoln Road. The first of its kind in the city, the new centre will provide a much needed space for members of the South Asian community to socialise. Abdul Choudhuri, President of the Asian Community Association, speaks to Alison Leigh from Anglia Television.
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South Asian Britain on Film
Discover a rich history reaching back over a century as we celebrate South Asian communities and culture across Britain.
From local news to feature film, through home movies and TV documentaries, this collection showcases South Asian Britons in front of and behind the camera. The contribution of colonial troops is illuminated through the earliest newsreels, while hardhitting current affairs programmes highlight the struggles faced in the 1960s, 1970s and beyond. Public information films produced for South Asian audiences feature alongside Hindi-language films made in Britain and interviews with prominent Asian-British figures. A bold wave of British Asian filmmaking in the 1990s is represented through early works by the likes of Gurinder Chadha and Asif Kapadia.
74 videos in this collection
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An Oriental Atmosphere Topical Budget 875-2
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Gandhi in England British Screen News No. 335
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Pasand Apni Apni (Trailer)
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London Me Bharat (1972) India in London
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Leamington Spa Race Relations
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English As a Second Language (First and Second Phase Teaching)
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Benares Carpet Weaver in Exeter
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Indian Bands for Wembley Topical Budget 658-1
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For the Aga Khan's Prize Topical Budget 958-2
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Ugandan Asians at Houndstone Camp
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Ugandan Asians at Plasterdown Camp
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Ugandan Asians at Heathfield Camp
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Sri Lankan Kandyan Dance Troop at Sidmouth
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Asian Cultural Centre opens in Peterborough
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Indian 11th Republic Day Celebrations at Leicester
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Alexandra Park Pageant, 27 June 1970
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Exeter Councillors' Sikh Temple Visit
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Feast of eid-ul-fitr Topical Budget 663-1
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Islam in London Topical Budget 789-1
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No Virginity, No Nationality
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The Indian Review - Grand March past of the Forty Indian Regiments
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Moslems in Britain - Manchester
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Moslems in Britain - Places
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Moslems in Britain - Cardiff
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Ugandan Asians in Leicester
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Moslems in Britain - People
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