British Raj Movies

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

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

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

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

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

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

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

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

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

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

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

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