British Raj Movies

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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

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

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

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

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

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

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

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.