British Raj Movies

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.

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

The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.

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

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal 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...

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

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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