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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

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

Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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