British Raj Movies

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.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.