The British Council Movies

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

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

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

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 col...

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.