Yogi Burial 1929

Star Item

Description

Location unknown.

Crowd gathered outdoors to see 25 year old Indian Yogi, Professor Yashpal, being buried alive for hour and a half without consequences on his health. Professor Yashpal preparing to be buried - several men helping him. A man putting a small carpet into a hole where the Professor...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42288
Sort Number:
NSP 107
Time in/Out:
01:06:05:00 / 01:06:58:00
Canister:
NSP 107
Film ID:
1254.04
Issue Date:

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
'heigh Ho' Come To The Fair

'heigh Ho' Come To The Fair

Nice footage of the Mitcham Fair, Greater London.

Diphtheria Trailer

Diphtheria Trailer

Parents are urged to get their children immunised against Diptheria; sorry tale of Alfie helps.

'copter Doctor

'copter Doctor

Demonstration of mobile operating theatre in Germany.

Stop Accidents In The Home

Stop Accidents In The Home

Poster urging people to be more careful with fire.

(Operation)

(Operation)

A patient is prepared for an operation on their eye.

Asian Doctor (England)

Asian Doctor (England)

Asian Doctor and receptionist with patients.

Stage Scenes - Various

Stage Scenes - Various

Actors performing various stage / film scenes.

Plastic Lung

Plastic Lung

A new plastic lung demonstrated.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler