Movies: The British Council

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty....

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad....

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....

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar....

Following the recuperation and treatment of patient Frank Thompson, 'Papworth Village Settlement' is an account of the varied medical and social services available to sufferers of tuberculosis at Papworth....

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

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar....

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun...

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings....

A Technicolor film on the principles and practicalities of crop rotation, illustrated with diagrams and models....

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

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition....

The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour...

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

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

The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples....

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

The life of the people of the Naga Hills, Assam, including sports activities and tribal ceremonies, presented within a fictional framework....

Arresting early film images of both northern India and central and south western China....

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration....