British Raj Movies

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

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

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

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

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

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.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.