Valley of Rhymney

A noble English dance tradition is preserved in Hertfordshire.

Rare insight into the health work of Methodist missionaries in rural Shaoyang, Hunan Province, South Central China.

Learn how to climb Great Gable in the Lake District, via the Arrowhead ridge climb.

Boys’ canoe trip on the Thames in London.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Rare amateur footage of East India.

Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Karakoram Mountains, geographically north of the Himalayas. They come across the Hunza, a people who live in the valley of the same name and believe they are descended from the soldiers of Alexander the Great. The documentary conveys impressions of the poor life of the Hunza people, the harvest, a court hearing, festivals and the children's everyday school life. Finally, the expedition sets off again and sets up its main camp on the moraine ridge of a glacier, where they measure the glacier and the earth's magnetic field. Finally, some men from the research community set off for a sub-peak of Batura.

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.