John Hanau

Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.

A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity.

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

Indian village life, including a Brahmin initiation ceremony and a Hindu wedding.

“Travelogue on the city of Petra. Traces four civilisations, each of which found value in re-establishing the life of this city, whose temples and dwellings were shaped out of the caves in the cliff of a mountain range in the heart of the Arabian desert.” - BFI. Shot in Technicolor by Jack Cardiff.

World Window #8: Ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek

A short directed by John Hanau and Hans Nieter