Over 20 years ago, Clear Vision began producing professional video for the FWBO, later to become Triratna. They were particularly known for the twice-yearly FWBO Newsreels, posted to Centres around the world on big VHS cassettes. Watching these at Centre sangha nights was a regular communal activity.

Now these video venerables are more easily accessible on YouTube. Thus we're proud to re-present Newsreel 1, released in Autumn 1991 (55 mins). We'll bring you a selection of the others over the next few weeks.

This first edition looks back over the previous six months:

• Marking the first anniversary of Dhardo Rimpoche's death, London, UK
• FWBO Day in Manchester, UK
• Sangharakshita in Germany
• The Karuna Trust, India
• Reports from Finland, Spain, India and New Zealand
• Windhorse Trading, UK
• Earthworks, a gardening business in Manchester, UK
• Ordinations at Guhyaloka, Taraloka and Padmaloka and
• a special feature on FWBO Essen, Germany.

The Newsreels came to an end in 2003 but this month has seen the release of the first of Clear Vision's Triratna Newsbyte (47 minutes), twice-yearly online compilations of news video from around the world of Triratna, commissioned by the European Chairs' Assembly.