British Raj Movies

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

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

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan.

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

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

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

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

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

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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

The timber trade calls on animal help.

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

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.

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

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

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