British Raj Movies

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.

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

The British government have taken over there rule in a deserted region in India. But some of the people there strive for freedom; one of those brave...

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

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

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

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

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