A stunning trek from the vale of Kashmir, via Sind Valley and Kargil and Lamayaru Monastry.

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

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

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.

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

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

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

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

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.

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

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

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

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

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

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

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.

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

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

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

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

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

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

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

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

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

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping pomp and pageantry at the 1911 Delhi Durbar

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

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

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

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

Documenting the production of kerosene tins and their reuse in rural India, this early short by Bimal Roy observes industrial labor and everyday life with a restrained, humanist perspective.

Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

Behind the scenes at a Chennai teachers training college.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?

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

One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

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

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

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

Rare amateur footage of East India.

Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.

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

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

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