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Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

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

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

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