British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

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

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

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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...

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

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...

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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...