Movies: British raj

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta....

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors....

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village....

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj....

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting....

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city....

The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias....

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal....

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour....

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi....

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east....

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal....

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay....

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?...

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar....

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour....

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin....

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett....