Movies: British raj

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

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation....

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

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

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

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them....

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants....

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

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India....

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry....

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes....

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour....

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

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

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

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

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

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India....