Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English colonials lived.
Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.
The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.
Minimalist movie making at its best: kids learn the art of film language using illustrations and margarine boxes.
Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.
Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.
Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.
A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.
Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.
Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.
This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.
Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.
Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.