British Raj Movies

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

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

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

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

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

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

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...

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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