Pir Dîtin Ji The British Council

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

Arresting early film images of both northern India and central and south western China.

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

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

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

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

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

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

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