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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.

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 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

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.

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

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

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

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

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

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

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

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi.

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

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

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.

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.