British Raj Movies

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

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

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

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

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

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

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

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

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

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.