Movies: The British Council

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

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal....

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

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

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

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

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

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe....

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour....

Amateur film of the passage to India - complete with guest appearance by Gandhi....

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India....

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

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

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

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

Whirring, gliding and twisting machinery produces sumptuous Scottish woollen fabrics, captured in Technicolor by legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff....

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

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin....

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

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