British Raj Movies

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

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

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

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