British Raj Movies

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English...

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

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.