British Raj Movies

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.

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

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...

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

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

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