British Raj Filmes

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

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A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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

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

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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.

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

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

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

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.