British Raj Movies

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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...

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

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

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

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

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

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

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.