The British Council Movies

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 col...

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

King George V and Queen Mary hold ceremonial court in Delhi.

A look at the work of the Scottish artists John Maxwell, Joan Eardley and Robin Philipson.

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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