British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

The film, in a docu-drama style, depicts the last days of the British Raj. It stars Balan K. Nair, Tom Alter, Nilambur Balan and Ramachandran Mokeri...

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

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

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

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

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

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

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

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