British Raj Movies

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

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

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

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

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

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

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.