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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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

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

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

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

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

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

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

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

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