British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias.

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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...