In a basement office at the Royal Geographical Society in London’s South Kensington, grainy 16mm film footage flickers silently across the screen, one of over a hundred expeditionary and travel films digitized recently by the society and the British Film Institute. They are now free to watch on the BFI website. The collection ranges from
New Footage Reveals the British Empire’s Hidden Workings in India and Iran
A newly released trove of films sheds new light on aspects of the British Empire’s imperial science, administration and colonial travel through India and Iran.
