British Raj Movies

The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty.

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

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

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

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.

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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

Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Why was he killed and what events occurred before and after his murder?...

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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

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

Tigers in the Himalayan foothills, filmed by famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett.

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.