From The British Council Studios

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

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Technicolor film on the principles and practicalities of crop rotation, illustrated with diagrams and models.

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

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

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?