Rare amateur footage of East India.
Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.
Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.
Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat.
Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.
A demonstration of sport and fitness by members of the Indian Army.
Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.
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.
A lovingly crafted home movie charting the maiden voyage of the Brown family's new yacht.
Vintage vehicles on parade in this amateur film record of the longest-running motor event in the world.
Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.
Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.
From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.
The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.
Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.
Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.
A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.
Several films have been made about the lives of train hobos, but Aleksi Pohjavirta's A Good Day to Die is probably the first Finnish documentary on the subject. The film follows Billy, who travels in a pump on freight trains. In the way of life, the feeling of freedom and letting yourself be carried away by chance are attractive and they make the train bomb strive for a windy ride again and again.