British Raj Movies

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

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

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

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

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

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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...

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

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