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

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

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

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

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

Arresting early film images of both northern India and central and south western China.

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

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.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

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.

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

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

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

Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants.

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

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