British Raj Movies

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.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.

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

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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.

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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.

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

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

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

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