Movies: British raj

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan....

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

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation....

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in 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? This documentary shows how India was dogged by nationalism and religious conflict on its path to indepe...

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

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

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital....

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

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

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India....

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India....

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

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe....

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya....

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

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

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing overview of tea production – from the planting of tea seeds to the final shipping of the precious l...