Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall.
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The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun
Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.
Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.
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.
The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.
This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.
Tourist promo film extolling the delights of Birmingham and the Midlands, with a sprinkling of arch one-liners.
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 sights and culture of a bygone India. Filmed between 1899-1947, and preserved in the BFI National Archive since then, these rare films capture many glimpses of life in India, from dances and markets, to hunts and pageantry.
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.
A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani.
An epic ramble from Winchester to Canterbury, through Hampshire, Surrey and Kent with picnics, pints and much prettiness on the way.
The Norfolk Broads tourist film promotes the pleasures of boating.
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, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Contemporary life in Plymouth in the 1960s – plus some history.
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.
The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.
The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.
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