British Raj Movies

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

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

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

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...

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

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