British Raj Movies

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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.

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

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the movie and the story is a reference to the plot...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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