British Raj Filmes

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

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

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

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.

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

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

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

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think...

In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed...

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

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

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.