Movies: British raj

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell....

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

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

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa....

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

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

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

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

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

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun...

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