British Raj Movies

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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 timber trade calls on animal help.

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

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

The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

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

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

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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.

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