British Raj Movies

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

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