British Raj Movies

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

The future Edward VIII enjoys receptions, playing polo and hunting tigers on his royal tour.

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

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

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

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

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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

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

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

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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...