British Raj Movies

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

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

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

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

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

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

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

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

The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the movie and the story is a reference to the plot...

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

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

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

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