British Raj Movies

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

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

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.