British Raj Movies

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

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

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

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