Panorama of Calcutta, India, From the River Ganges. One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it? Non-Fiction 1899 2 mins Villenour. (French India: Territory of Pondicherry) Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry Travelogue 1914 4 mins Indian Elephants in the Service of Man Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting, filmed by celebrated hunter-turned-conservationist Jim Corbett Non-Fiction 1938 15 mins An Eastern Market Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi Travelogue 1928 9 mins Lahore - Refugees from India Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India Amateur film 1947 4 mins Delhi, Great Capital of India Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival Travelogue 1909 4 mins Ladakh A stunning trek from the vale of Kashmir, via Sind Valley and Kargil and Lamayaru Monastry Amateur film Travelogue 1943 25 mins Tins for India Unseen for decades, Bimal Roy's documentary finds poetry in the kerosene can Industry sponsored film 1941 7 mins Gaumont Graphic No. 383 Indian soldiers in Bombay in October 1914 en route to German East Africa (now Tanzania) Non-Fiction 1914 6 mins Aka and Daffla Dances A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India Amateur film 1934 11 mins Madras Mylapore - Tank and Religious Processions The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film Amateur film 1932 10 mins Wedding of Maharaj Kumar Shri Meghrajji Shaeb of Kutch and Maharaj Shri of Kishangarh, 1933 Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat Amateur film 1933 42 mins Mahatma Gandhi Noa Khali March Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947. Amateur film 1947 27 mins In India Today: Gandhi : Stormy Petrel of Indian Politics Pathé Gazette No. 1705 Newsreel capturing the final leg of Mahatma Gandhi’s epic 24-day march through Gujarat to break the colonial salt laws. Non-Fiction 1930 2 mins Gandhi Scenes Newsreel footage of the great Indian leader. Non-Fiction 1931 1 mins Gandhi in England British Screen News No. 335 Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in England for the second India Round Table Conference at St James's Palace Non-Fiction 1931 2 mins Asia's New Voice Two years after India gained its independence from British rule, was the dream starting to go sour? Documentary 1949 17 mins A Native Street in India Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city. Can you identify it? Non-Fiction Travelogue 1906 2 mins Indian Durbar The "rich and vivid spectacle" of the Durbar held for the Maharaja of Alwar is captured in gorgeous Technicolor by Jack Cardiff in this travelogue. Documentary 1940 11 mins A Village in India Technicolor scenes in rural Rajasthan, shot by the great Jack Cardiff Documentary 1938 10 mins A Road in India A portrait of 'the enigmatic and disturbing East' - elevated by Jack Cardiff's Technicolor cinematography Travelogue 1938 9 mins Temples of India Technicolor temple tour shot by the great Jack Cardiff Travelogue 1938 10 mins Delhi Beautiful Technicolor tour of Delhi shot by the great Jack Cardiff Travelogue 1938 10 mins Devil Dancers of Sikkim Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas. Travelogue 1934 9 mins India at War A compelling case for the involvement of the United States in Britain’s Indian Empire is made, in this comprehensive survey of the war effort in India. Documentary War 1942 19 mins Empire Troops The might of the British Empire is mobilised for war during 1914 and 1915. 1917 3 mins 5th Calcutta Battalion: Presentation of Colours by H.E. The Viceroy The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta (now Kolkata) Non-Fiction 1917 6 mins Horse Artillery at Bihar and Orissa Amateur film surveying colonial life in eastern India Amateur film 1928 10 mins Hillmen Go to War The contribution of the people of the Kullu Valley to the Second World War effort. Documentary War 1944 9 mins India Strikes A celebration of India’s contribution to the British war effort. Documentary 1945 34 mins
