Movies: British raj

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

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

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park....

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal....

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

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

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

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city....

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath....

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

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay....

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

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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

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