Delia de Leon, Meher Baba's close disciple since 1931, started our collections half a century ago
Inspired by Delia, Pete Townshend of rock band The Who founded the Film Archive in 1970
at The Boathouse on the bank of the River Thames in London, UK, under the name Meher Baba Oceanic

Welcome to MeherBabaFilm.com


Whether you are a fan of The Who or Pete Townshend or rock music... or new to Meher Baba... or a seasoned Baba follower...
there will be something here for you!

MeherBabaFilm.com is the website of Meher Baba Film Archive International (MBF) the principal charitable organization in the world for the conservation of Avatar Meher Baba movies. We celebrate 250,000 site visitors by rolling out our Phase IV
site design during 2010.

You can view many Meher Baba videos free of charge and learn all about the first Avatar in creation to appear on film video and DVD!


the full story of
Pete Townshend's version
of Baba's O Parvardigar

Pete Townshend DVD Collector's Box Set of the three O Parvardigar videos
on half-price special offer for Spring 2010. Meher Baba's disciple Bal Natu was one inspiration for the restoration.
'Bal gave us this letter where Baba
asks his secretary Adi to arrange
some filming. Baba says,
"If people who have not seen me persoanlly see me through the medium of film - it will help them in the process of liberating them from the bondage of illusion."
see the new lord's prayer

 

 

What is the Archive?

Meher Baba Film Archive International (MBF, formerly MEFA)
is the main organization and
center of expertise in the world responsible for very long-term conservation (700 years)
and restoration
of Meher Baba films
and related motion picture
and video material

MBF is a not-for-profit charitable trust

Avatar Meher Baba's physical life spanned 1894 to 1969. His best known saying is, "Don't worry, Be happy ... I will help you"
see who is meher baba

MBF moved from Pete Townshend's River Thames Boathouse building, Meher Baba Oceanic, to Norwich Norfolk, UK in 1990
where it was gifted property
on which to build its own
state-of-the-art long-term film conservation facility.




" To visit the Archive is an extraordinary experience! It is to enter a sacred space of the 21st century. A space designed and built to house possibly the most valuable treasures of our time".

" No other Avatar has created this unique mode of recording the image of God. The spiritual, if not to say, historic value is inestimable".

Jane Hoskin, artist
and editor Meher Baba Association newsletter
see the visit

 

Latest News

Meher Baba's 41st Amartithi
January 31st - 1969 to 2010

see the archive at work

Richard O'Casey's new and painstaking restoration of THE ENTOMBMENT FILM showing in its short version (12 minutes). It includes the historic 1982 commentary by Don Stevens who edited the original footage taken between January 31st and February 7th 1969 at the internment of the body of Avatar Meher Baba at Meherabad, Ahmednagar District, India. Some of the music is performed by the Norwich Baba Group and taken from the Archive's original release of this film in 1983.

You have never seen footage of Baba's entombment like this before. The quality is breath-taking. Quite incredible!

Being screened for two weeks only to mark the 41st anniversary (Amartithi) of Avatar Meher Baba's entombment.

The new film can be played in Flash within the PICTURE GALLERY of The Entombment Film see the archive at work or in Real Player and WMV as Film E see play films


Happy 84th Birthday Bhau

Films featuring Bhau Kalchuri, the long-serving Chairman of the Avatar Meher Baba Trust in India can be played as Film C or in Flash see play films. More films of Bhau will appear shortly on the new 2010 Flash player films page

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