Calling on Cape Town

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan,...

A 1962 West German documentary film directed by Hermann Leitner and Rudolf Nussgruber.

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

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

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

Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.

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...

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

The Norfolk Broads tourist film promotes the pleasures of boating.

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...

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.