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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing.

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

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

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

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

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