British Raj Movies

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

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...

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

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.

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

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

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

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

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

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

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

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

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