British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.