Movies: The British Council

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

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

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings....

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

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

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata....

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India....

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....