British Raj Filmes

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

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

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

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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