British Raj Movies

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.

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

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

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

The British government have taken over there rule in a deserted region in India. But some of the people there strive for freedom; one of those brave...

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

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

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

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

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

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.