British Raj Movies

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

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...

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.

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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

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

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

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

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

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

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

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