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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

Following the recuperation and treatment of patient Frank Thompson, 'Papworth Village Settlement' is an account of the varied medical and social...