British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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...

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...

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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