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...

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

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

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

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

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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

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

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

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

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

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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...

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.