Movies: British raj

In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal....

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

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....

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

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

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help....

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

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

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