British Raj Movies

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

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

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

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

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...

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

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

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

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

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

The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.