British Raj Movies

The Maharajah of Kapurthala and guests travel on elephants and men catch fish on the River Bias.

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.