British Raj Movies

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

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

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.

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun

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

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

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English...

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

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

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.