British Raj Movies

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

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

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

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

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

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

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

Captain Donald King is sent to India to carry out a secret mission while the Black Watch, his regiment, leaves for France at the outbreak of the...

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

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

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.