British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the movie and the story is a reference to the plot...

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

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

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

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

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