The Golden Thread

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

In the suburbs of Mumbai, a young couple tries to catch some private time in a very public place, when they're paid a visit by the moral police.

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

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

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.