Movies: British raj

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

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

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour....

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India....

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

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

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe....

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

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore....

The timber trade calls on animal help....

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

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers......

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata....

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan....

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

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

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta....

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

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...