British Raj Movies

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

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

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

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

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...