Movies: British raj

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi....

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta....

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home....

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta....

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder? This documentary shows how India was dogged by nationalism and religious conflict on its path to indepe...

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath....

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar....

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India....

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east....

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

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

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour....

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin....

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers......

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital....

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex....

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting....

The timber trade calls on animal help....