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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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