Delhi Durbar Dawns

An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.

Short documentary on India

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat.

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

A demonstration of sport and fitness by members of the Indian Army.

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

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.

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

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

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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