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As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the sights and culture of a bygone India. Filmed between 1899-1947, and preserved in the BFI National Archive since then, these rare films capture many glimpses of life in India, from dances and markets, to hunts and pageantry.
2017

A new scientific expedition follows the King Cobra into the wild for the first time.
2010

Vignettes of the New England Steam features the films of noted rail photographers Albert Michaud and William P. Price, as they document the handsome steam power (and the occasional pesky diesel) of the Grand Trump, Central Vermont, Boston & Maine, and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads. The mostly color and mostly 16mm production begins with the Grand Trunk in New Hampshire, then moves to the Central Vermont in the White River Jct vicinity, and the Boston & Maine and New Haven, primarily around Boston. Many wheel arrangements are featured, as is the passenger and freight rolling stock of the era ...including truss-rodded clerestory-roofed wooden maroon passenger cars on the B&M! So come along with Clear Block Productions as we journey back to the late 1940's and early 1950's to witness Steam's Final Stand in the Northeast in Vignettes of the New England Steam.
2004

A Day in TOKYO in 1968, Nostalgic bygone era. Planned by Japan National Tourism Organization. Produced by Koga Production. This film was produced to explain Tokyo for foreign tourists.
1968

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.
1966
A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of many ethnic origins, of a resourceful and industrious nation - impressions it would take days and weeks to gather at first hand - are brought to you in this vivid 1800-kilometer panorama.
1963

Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London.
1961

The Norfolk Broads tourist film promotes the pleasures of boating.
1961

Made to foster relations between the local residents of Rhymney, in south Wales, and the church.
1947

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.
1944

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.
1937

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing overview of tea production – from the planting of tea seeds to the final shipping of the precious leaves across the globe.
1936

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.
1935

Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.
1934

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.
1934

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.
1931

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun
1922

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.
1922

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.
1922

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
1912