British Raj Movies

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

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.

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