Mahatma Gandhi: Dying for Freedom

Indian freedom fighter Gandhiji was killed by Nathuram Godse. But what made Nathuram Godse to take this extreme step?

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

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

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

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.

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

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

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 col...