British Raj Movies

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

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

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

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

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

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

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

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

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

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

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

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

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

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

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