British Raj Filmes

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

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

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

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

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

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

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

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

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

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

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.