British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

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

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

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

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

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

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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

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

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

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