British Raj Movies

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

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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

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

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

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

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

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.