British Raj Movies

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

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

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

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.