British Raj Movies

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

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

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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

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.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

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

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

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

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