Movies: British raj

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi....

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them....

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...

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

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

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

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata....

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

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

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

The timber trade calls on animal help....

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta....

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...