Indian Elephants in the Service of Man

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

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.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

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