British Raj Movies

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

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

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

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

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

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

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

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

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

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

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.