British Raj Movies

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.

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

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

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

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

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

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

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

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

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

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

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

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

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

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