British Raj Filmes

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

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

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Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

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

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

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

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

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

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

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

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

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

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