A demonstration of sport and fitness by members of the Indian Army.
The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.
The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour
Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.
Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.
He was 19 years old and promising gymnast. But one volt went wrong, one in a hundred thousand, and he broke his neck. Never go again, the doctors thought. And never again breathe on your own, without a respirator.
The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.
Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.
Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.
Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
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.
This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.
This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing overview of tea production – from the planting of tea seeds to the final shipping of the precious leaves across the globe.
A collection of amateur films made by photographer Roderic Vickers and friends.
