British Raj Movies

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.

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

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

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

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

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

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.