British Raj Movies

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

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

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

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

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.

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...

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

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

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.