British Raj Movies

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun

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

The film, in a docu-drama style, depicts the last days of the British Raj. It stars Balan K. Nair, Tom Alter, Nilambur Balan and Ramachandran Mokeri...

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

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

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...

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.