Movies: British raj

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors....

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....

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float....

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta....

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India....

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

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals....

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar....

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar....

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

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration....

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore....

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex....

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India....

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell....

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital....

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder? This documentary shows how India was dogged by nationalism and religious conflict on its path to indepe...

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

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata....

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