Movies: British raj

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing overview of tea production – from the planting of tea seeds to the final shipping of the precious l...

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

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore....

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors....

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan....

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

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 colonials lived....

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital....

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

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

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

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

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