British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

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

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

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.