British Raj Movies

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.

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

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

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

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

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.