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

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

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun

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

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