British Raj Movies

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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...

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

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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