Movies: British raj

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

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

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals....

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

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

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India....

Technicolor scenes from an Indian Durbar, held for the Maharaja of Alwar in Rajasthan....

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

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal....

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

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya....

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab....

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

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

Armoured elephants, sacred monkeys and a camel carriage from Rajasthan....

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

The timber trade calls on animal help....

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi....

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

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta....