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.
Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
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.
A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.
An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.
A film on a charming, 'unofficial' subject - authentic ethnographic record or exotica for western eyes?
Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.
Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.
Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.
What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.
An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.
A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.
Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.