British Raj Movies

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

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

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

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.