British Raj Movies

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

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

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

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.