Most Viewed From The British Council

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.

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

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

A look at the work of the Scottish artists John Maxwell, Joan Eardley and Robin Philipson.

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

Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.

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

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

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

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

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