Movies: British raj

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj....

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan....

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

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

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors....

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

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

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....

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants....

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