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

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

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

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

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

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.

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

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