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

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

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

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

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

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

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

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

Evocative observational scenes of Simla and Lahore, including the gorgeous Shalimar Gardens and Anarkali Bazar.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

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

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

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

Julian Henriques' urban musical showcases the style, vernacular and vibrancy of British Caribbean Dancehall culture. Filled with undeniable style, the vibrations of local sound systems and rhythmic Jamaican patois, Julian Henriques' urban odyssey is an energetic declaration of British Caribbean Dancehall culture, shot on location on the North Peckham Estate. The cast of local artists glide between realism and whimsy using improvised dialogue and musical performance, with the titular Ragamuffins using musical innovation to sidestep the negative aspects of urban life.

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

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

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.