Twenties in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
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Season 1 Episode 5: The End of a World
Footage shot by Lucien Le Saint, who joined the french fishing fleets sailing in the waters off Newfoundland, Camille Sauvageot's 1928 colour films, depicting life in France, and images of voodoo religious practices recorded by Frederic Gadmer in Benin. There's also the poignant story of Khan's demise - once the richest man in Europe, who died penniless, leaving behind an important historical legacy. Last in series
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Season 1 Episode 4: Far East: Expeditions to Empires
Between 1914 and 1928 Albert Kahn sent some of his most talented photographers to the Far East. This programme examines the images they captured in Benin - then Dahomey - and Japan, as they compiled a compelling photographic record of economic and cultural life, subsistence industries and ceremonial practices, and produced a portrait of the life of a wealthy Maharajah in India during the British Raj
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Season 1 Episode 3: Colonies in Colour
The remarkable photography of Leon Busy, who spent several years in French Indochina, capturing images of life in Cambodia and Vietnam as part of Albert Khan's Archives of the Planet project to document all aspects of human life on earth
