British Raj Movies

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

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.

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

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

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...

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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

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

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

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

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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

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

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

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

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

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

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.