British Raj Movies

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

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

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

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

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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...

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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