

A 10-minute time machine to 1938 India — where elephants share roads with British cars and snake charmers own the sidewalk.
Cinematography
Stunning early color footage, possibly Kodachrome.
Production
Rare pre-partition documentation of undivided India.
Director
Hans Nieter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hans Nieter was a German-British filmmaker who specialized in travelogues; this may be among the earliest color footage of India.
The 'British Raj' keyword dates this precisely — within a decade, India would be independent, making this footage a document of a dying empire.
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