British Raj Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.