British Raj Movies

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

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.

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

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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 race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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

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