A powerful animated music video that explores themes of travel, friendship, war and death as experienced by Indian soldiers in WW1.
Credits
Footage: Wasaru
Music: Vibronics
A pioneer of the skies tells of his miraculous escape in a fierce dogfight against the Red Baron’s Flying Circus in 1917.
Credits
Interview audio: Charles Allen & Imperial War Museums
Footage: Historical Aviation Film Unit (aviationfilm.com) & British Pathé
Images: UKPHA Archives, Public Archives of Canada & Hafshi Media
Chord Sounds: by Moby courtesy of mobygratis
Voiceover & SFX: Karamjit Gill (Lion’s Den Films)
Produced: Itvinder Singh Hayre & Karamjit Gill (Lion’s Den Films)
A sobering and inspirational film recounting the often-overlooked contribution made by hundreds of thousands of Indian men and women during WW1.
Credit: Produced by Commonwealth War Graves Commission in association with the Indian government
Members of the UK Punjab Heritage Association share their experiences of an object reinterpretation workshop held by the National Army Museum. This particular workshop was focused on objects in the museum’s collection relating to the Sikh Raj.
Credit: Produced by the National Army Museum
BBC documentary examining why Sikhs were marked out as a 'martial race' under the British Empire, and how thousands of Sikh soldiers valiantly laid down their lives for Britain's freedom in two World Wars. With contributions from eminent historians, military experts and war veterans, the film features the last-ever interview with legendary WW2 Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji, and the first television broadcast of a rare audio recording of a WW1 Sikh prisoner of war.
Credit: Produced by the BBC (first aired 9 November 2010)
Insights into the uniform and equipment worn by the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs during the First World War.
Credits
Narrator: Julian Farrance
Soldier: Jasdeep Singh
Filming: Navjit Surdhar
Editor: Jasdeep Singh
Produced: The National Army Museum
Introducing the groundbreaking EFW exhibition that told the story of the Sikh contribution in WW1. The exhibited was hosted by the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, from June to September 2014.
Credit: Produced by Kreative Barn
The premiere of ‘The Last Post’ on the dilruba (‘heart stealer’) by UKPHA volunteer, Jasdeep Singh. This spine-tingling performance was specially commissioned in memory of the fallen Sikhs of the Great War for our Centenary Remembrance Reception at London’s City Hall on 6 November 2014.
Credits
Music: Jasdeep Singh
Produced: Kreative Barn
On 10 November 2014, UKPHA brought the story of the Sikhs and the Indian Army in WW1 to the heart of the old empire, as the Houses of Parliament hosted our Centenary Remembrance Reception. The event included speeches from a Cabinet Minister and other dignitaries, a memorable performance of a 100-year-old Punjabi wartime folk lament, and a display by the National Army Museum’s 15th Ludhiana Sikh Regiment reenactment group.
Credit: Produced by Kreative Barn
Having been inspired by the EFW exhibition, volunteer Angad Singh chose to run the Brighton Marathon in support of our project dressed in the uniform of a WW1 Indian soldier. He tells his story against the backdrop of the Brighton Pavilion and Chattri Memorial.
Credits: Produced by EFW
Special coverage of the ‘Empire, Faith & War’ exhibition at the Brunei Gallery, University of London. Dr Gurnam Singh takes a tour around the exhibition with UKPHA Chairman, Amandeep Singh Madra.
Credit: Produced by Sikh Channel
A British officer recollects the day in May 1915 that he embarked on a suicidal mission across No Man’s Land with a band of fearless Sikh soldiers.
Credits
Interview audio: Charles Allen & Imperial War Museums
Footage: British Pathé & Imperial War Museums
Images: UKPHA Archives
Chord Sounds: by Moby courtesy of mobygratis
Voiceover & SFX: Karamjit Gill (Lion’s Den Films)
Produced: Itvinder Singh Hayre & Karamjit Gill (Lion’s Den Films)