British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

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

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