British Raj Movies

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

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

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.