British Raj Movies

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

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

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

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

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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 Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

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