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

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

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 stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour

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

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.

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.

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