Derby c.1938 - Eisner Personal Film
Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.
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.
Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.
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?
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
A lovingly crafted home movie charting the maiden voyage of the Brown family's new yacht.
Vintage vehicles on parade in this amateur film record of the longest-running motor event in the world.
A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.
A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.
Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.
Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.
Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.
The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.
An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.
A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.
Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.
Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.