The British Council

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.

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

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

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

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.

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

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

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

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

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

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