British Raj Movies

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

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

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

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

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

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

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