Movies: British raj

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

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India....

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard....

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods....

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors....

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal....

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata....

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

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

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....

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

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903....

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