British Raj Movies

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

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

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

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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 timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

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

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

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

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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

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