British Raj Movies

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

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

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...

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

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

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

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

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

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.

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.