The British Council Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.