British Raj Movies

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

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

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

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

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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...

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

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.

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

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