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

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?

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

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

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

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

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

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

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

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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

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 colonials lived.

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

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