The British Council

This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.

The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour

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

Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat.

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

Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.

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

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

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

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

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

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

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

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

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

An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.