British Raj Movies

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English...

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

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