Ore Thooval Pakshikal

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

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.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

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

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

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

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.