British Raj Movies

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

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

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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

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

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

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

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.