British Raj Movies

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

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

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

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

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

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