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THE QUEST: Everest is a journey to deeper understand and climb the most iconic mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, and to reveal its amazing history...

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...

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay made history as the first people to reach the top of Everest. Now, 50 years later, three sons of...

　　Originally created as an installation for the third Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale this film is a gripping diary and...

A sex columnist gains popularity even while a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools is adopted by approximately a third of India’s...

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

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

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

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...