British Raj Movies

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...

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

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

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.

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

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

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

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

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.