The Song of Ceylon is a 1934 British documentary film directed by Basil Wright and produced by John Grierson for the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board. The...

Ceylon was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In...

in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis by the colonial Telegraph Department...

development of his documentary Song of Ceylon. Described by Wright as one of the six best photographers in the world, Wendt was not only the narrator of the film;...

countdown show of top filmi songs from Hindi cinema. It was popular and had millions of listeners. Binaca Geetmala was broadcast on Radio Ceylon from 1952...

Christopher Knights, English voice actor, editor and cinematographer October 20 - Thor Freudenthal, German director, screenwriter, animator and special effects...

Taylor also had the fortune of working alongside some of his colleagues, such as Basil Wright (Song of Ceylon, 1934), Robert Flaherty (Man of Aran, 1934)...

of films", and cites the score for The Song of Ceylon as "a classic example of the creative use of music and sound in relation to the visuals on the screen...

Peter Gawthorne, Muriel George – (GB) The Song of Ceylon, documentary directed by Basil Wright – (GB) Song of the Fishermen (Yu guang qu) – (China) Spitfire...

collection of selected films from the Unit. Titled Addressing the Nation, it comprises fifteen titles from the years 1933 to 1935, including Song of Ceylon. A...

Ceylon Manohar (Tamil: சிலோன் மனோகர்) (c. 1944 – 22 January 2018), popular name of A. E. Manoharan (Anthony Pillai Emmanuel Manoharan) also known as Surangani...

at the GPO Film Unit the award-winning The Song of Ceylon (dir. Basil Wright) which was sponsored jointly by the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Bureau and the EMB...

The Sri Lanka bush warbler (Elaphrornis palliseri), also known as Ceylon bush warbler or Palliser's warbler, is an Old World warbler which is an endemic...

Ceylon, titled Inam in Tamil, is a 2013 Indian war film written, directed, filmed and produced by Santosh Sivan. The story revolves around a group of...

the island of Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka). They established the colony of Dutch Ceylon, controlling the coasts and lowlands, whilst the Kingdom of Kandy...

herring), The Song of Ceylon (tea), Wheatfields of the Empire, Industrial Britain and One Family. None of the "empire shops" proposed in the 1920s ever...

known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern...

Grierson at the Empire Marketing Board's film unit in 1930. Wright's 1934 film Song of Ceylon is his most celebrated work. Shot on location in Ceylon (now Sri...

work of patriotic music in Canada, "The Bold Canadian", was written in 1812. "The Maple Leaf Forever", written in 1866, was a popular patriotic song throughout...

simple whistling song from trees, usually in deep cover. This is a notoriously difficult species to see, even when the males are singing in the breeding season...

detected only upon the discovery of injured individuals. The breeding season is in winter when the distinctive song consisting of multiple whistles with...

The Sri Lanka blue magpie or Ceylon magpie (Urocissa ornata) is a brightly coloured member of the family Corvidae, found exclusively in Sri Lanka. This...

aesthetic approach to documentary. Examples of their work include Drifters (John Grierson), Song of Ceylon (Basil Wright), Fires Were Started, and A Diary...

are white. Immature birds lack the orange hue to the back, have a duller rump, and have only a hint of orange on the crown. They have a faint blue throat...

Race of Nightjar from Ceylon". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 65: 40–41. Rasmussen PC & JC Anderton (2005). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley...

The Galle Face Hotel, founded in 1864, is one of the oldest hotels east of Suez. It is located on Galle Road, Colombo. The Ceylon Hotels Corporation is...

Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to Justin Vere Potger (1914–1990) and Joan Frances Meier (1920–2004). His two brothers are Ralph and Nigel. Potger is of Burgher...

years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sri...

Western sources and navigation charts, it was known as Junk Ceylon or Junk Ceylon (a corruption of the Malay Tanjung Salang; Jawi: تنجوڠ سالڠ‎; i.e., "Cape Salang")...

pupil of Tagore at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan. After returning to Ceylon Samarakoon taught music at Mahinda College, Galle. The song, which...