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.

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

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

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

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

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

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

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English...

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

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

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

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

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

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

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

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