Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

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

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

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

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

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

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

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

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

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English colonials lived.

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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