British Raj Movies

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

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

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

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

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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