The British Council Movie Trailers

The Truth Will Out Trailer (1930)

20 October 1930

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

Delhi to the North West Frontier Trailer (1935)

09 March 1935

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

State Entry into Delhi of Lord Curzon, the Viceroy Trailer (1903)

31 January 1903

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

Darjeeling Trailer (1937)

01 August 1937

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

Old Barak Trailer (1947)

01 July 1947

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

Calcutta Topical No. 1 Trailer (1925)

05 April 1925

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Her Excellency Lady Lytton At The Victoria Memorial Trailer (1922)

01 August 1922

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

Car Assembly, Calcutta Trailer (1926)

01 July 1926

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Devil Dancers of Sikkim Trailer (1934)

01 July 1934

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

Land of the Elephants Trailer (1909)

01 March 1909

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Indian Scene of Procession Trailer (1903)

07 January 1903

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

Life in Hunza Trailer (1937)

01 September 1937

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Montreal and India Trailer (1922)

01 December 1922

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

We the Ragamuffin Trailer (1992)

11 July 1992

Julian Henriques' urban musical showcases the style, vernacular and vibrancy of British Caribbean Dancehall culture.

Border Weave Trailer (1942)

16 August 1942

Whirring, gliding and twisting machinery produces sumptuous Scottish woollen fabrics, captured in Technicolor by legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff.

A Sword Dance Performed before the King and Queen in India Trailer (1912)

12 January 1912

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.