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The timber trade calls on animal help.

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...

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Following the recuperation and treatment of patient Frank Thompson, 'Papworth Village Settlement' is an account of the varied medical and social...

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

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

Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.

A look at the work of the Scottish artists John Maxwell, Joan Eardley and Robin Philipson.

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.