British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

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

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

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.

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

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

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

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