British Raj Movies

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

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

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

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...

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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

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

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

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

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