British Raj Movies

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

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

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

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

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

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

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.