British Raj Movies

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...

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

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...

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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

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

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

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

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

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

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.