Movies: British raj

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard....

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

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

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

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan....

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta....

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar....

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

The timber trade calls on animal help....

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India....

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata....

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty....

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors....

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....

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes....

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

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city....

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

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...