British Raj Movies

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

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

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

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

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

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

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.

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

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

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

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

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