Pir Dîtin Ji The British Council

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

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

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

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

King George V and Queen Mary hold ceremonial court in Delhi.

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

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

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

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

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

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

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

Made by an English family living in north India during the heyday of the Raj, this amateur film reveals the grandeur in which middle-class English...

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

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

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

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