
01 May 1925

Calcutta Topical No. 2
The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.
The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.
01 May 1925
The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.
05 Jan 1912
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
28 Feb 1921
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.
01 Aug 1933
Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.
01 Mar 1909
The timber trade calls on animal help.
01 Jun 1917
A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.
01 Aug 1922
Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.
29 Dec 1902
Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.
07 Jan 1903
Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.
01 Jun 1935
Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.
11 Mar 2021
Varanasi is the Indian city where Hindus go to die. Stretching along the Ganges, Varanasi holds great spiritual significance because Hindu scriptutres say that anyone who dies there will attain moksha—liberation from the cycle of rebirth. Berlin-based director Dan Braga Ulvestad captures life and death in India’s heartland in this moving documentary filled with exquisite cinematic moments. By the River starts its narrative journey with the city’s “death hotels,” dedicated apartments where people wait to die, sometimes for decades, so they can be cremated on the banks of the Ganges.
10 Jan 1922
The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.
10 Jan 1922
The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour
01 Feb 1928
Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.
01 May 1946
Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.
01 Feb 1934
A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.
01 Dec 1922
The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.
01 Aug 1929
Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.
01 May 1931
Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.
14 Feb 1950
A humorous documentary about a historic hunt in 1929 through the African savannah and Indian jungle with lots of animal footage.