British Raj Movies

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

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

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

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

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

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

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