British Raj Movies

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

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

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

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

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

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