British Raj Movies

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

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

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

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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.

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

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...

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.