Movies: British raj

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

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab....

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

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....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett....

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour....

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

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

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903....

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said....