Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

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

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

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

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

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

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

Following the recuperation and treatment of patient Frank Thompson, 'Papworth Village Settlement' is an account of the varied medical and social services available to sufferers of tuberculosis at Papworth.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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.

Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.

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