British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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...

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...

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

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

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

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...

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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

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

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