The British Council Movies

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

Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.

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

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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

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

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

Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.

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

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

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