British Raj Movies

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

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

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

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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