British Raj Movies

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

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...

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

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

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