British Raj Movies

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

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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

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

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

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

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

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

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

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