Madras Mylapore - Tank and Religious Processions

A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani.

As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the sights and culture of a bygone India. Filmed between 1899-1947, and preserved in the BFI National Archive since then, these rare films capture many glimpses of life in India, from dances and markets, to hunts and pageantry.

A sex columnist gains popularity even while a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools is adopted by approximately a third of India’s states.

Animated documentary which uses the voices and drawings of a group of children who live in a clinic in India. The guitar, the dances, a trip out to sea, the cats Sweety and Kitty, and the sisters who look after them are just some of the treasures and dreams which the children keep hidden under the pillow.

Benninger

Charming amateur film featuring the Eisner family, who emigrated to Britain from Romania the year this film was made.

England thrash Australia in the fifth Test at the Oval - but still lose the Ashes.

Catch the spark after dark at Disneyland Park. And say farewell to one of the Magic Kingdom's most celebrated traditions - The Main Street Electrical Parade. Where else, but in The Main Street Electrical Parade, could you see an illuminated 40-foot-long fire-breathing dragon? And hear the energy of its legendary melody one last time? It's unforgettable after-dark magic that will glow in your heart long after the last float has disappeared.

This documentary highlights the achievements of India in the political, economic, and international fields since she attained Independence. The framing of her Constitution, the integration of the States and the general elections, the rehabilitation of displaced persons, the river valley projects, and the setting up of a chain of National Laboratories are some of the achievements shown here.

Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London.

Find bric-a-brac and trinkets galore in this vividly colourful snapshot of Portobello Road Market.

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.

Documentary on the construction of Chandigarh, the new capital of the Indian Punjab region, planned by Albert Mayer and Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

A documentary on the life of the youth in post-Independence India.

Divided into three parts — The Awakening, The Struggle, and Freedom — this is a biographical film on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India. Relying on Nehru's writings and speeches, the film traces the evolution of Nehru from his birth through his life. It also deals with the effect of history on Nehru and in turn his impact on the world.

Learn how to climb Great Gable in the Lake District, via the Arrowhead ridge climb.

Made to foster relations between the local residents of Rhymney, in south Wales, and the church.

An array of vintage vehicles - horse-drawn, two and four-wheeled - pass through Hyde Park in the annual Easter Parade.

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.