British Raj Filmes

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

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

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

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

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

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

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...

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

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

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

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

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