British Raj Movies

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

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun

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

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

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

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

The timber trade calls on animal help.

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

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

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

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

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

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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