The British Council

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

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

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

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

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