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 colonials lived.

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

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