Movies: British raj

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

Actuality film showing a busy Salvation Army parade in a rural village under the British Raj....

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

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

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English colonials lived....

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float....

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

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

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

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India....

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

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

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore....

A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911....

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

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 simultaneously exploring a platonic relationship between a beautiful, forlorn wife of an aristocrat and a...

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

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