Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.
Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.
Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.
Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.
Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.
What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.
A film on a charming, 'unofficial' subject - authentic ethnographic record or exotica for western eyes?
The timber trade calls on animal help.
Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.
Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.
The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.
The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias.
A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.
Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.
Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.
Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.