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.
Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.
For over a decade, this portrait of a North Philadelphia family and the creative sanctuary offered by their home music studio was filmed with vérité intimacy. The family's 10-year journey is an illumination of race and class in America, and it's a testament to love, healing and hope.
Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.
Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.
Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.
From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.
Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.
Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.
Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.
A demonstration of sport and fitness by members of the Indian Army.
A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.
Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.
Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.
Learn how to climb Great Gable in the Lake District, via the Arrowhead ridge climb.
An array of vintage vehicles - horse-drawn, two and four-wheeled - pass through Hyde Park in the annual Easter Parade.
The Hilton Hotel rises from the ashes, surrounded by derelict houses and bomb damaged streets.