British Raj Movies

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

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

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

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 film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

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

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.