British Raj Movies

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj.

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...

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

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

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

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

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

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