British Raj Movies

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

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

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

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

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

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

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

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the movie and the story is a reference to the plot...

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

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

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

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.