Movies: The British Council

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

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting....

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home....

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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

A rendition of the traditional English folksong ‘Widdicombe Fair’, accompanied by drawings....

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal....