British Raj Movies

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...

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

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

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

A film on a charming, 'unofficial' subject - authentic ethnographic record or exotica for western eyes?

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.