Movies: The British Council
- 1922
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad (1922)
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad01922HD
This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt....
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- 1940
Mysore (1940)
Mysore01940HD
Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja....
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- 1922
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Peshawar, The Khyber Pass and Rawl Pindi (1922)
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Peshawar, The Khyber Pass and Rawl Pindi01922HD
The future Edward VIII enjoys stunning mountain scenery on a visit to the Khyber Pass during his royal tour...
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- 1912
Calcutta Pageant (1912)
Calcutta Pageant01912HD
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation....
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- 1935
Delhi - Jubilee (1935)
Delhi - Jubilee01935HD
Amateur footage of Delhi and Jaipur, from a military review to an atmospheric torchlit procession - and some armour-plated elephants....
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- 1925
Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton (1925)
Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton01925HD
The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty....
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- 1921
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Calcutta and Delhi (1921)
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Calcutta and Delhi01921HD
The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta....
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- 1933
Wedding of Maharaj Kumar Shri Meghrajji Shaeb of Kutch and Maharaj Shri of Kishangarh (1933)
Wedding of Maharaj Kumar Shri Meghrajji Shaeb of Kutch and Maharaj Shri of Kishangarh01933HD
Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat....
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- 1905
Procession of Elephants with Howdahs - India (1905)
Procession of Elephants with Howdahs - India01905HD
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India....
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- 1922
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Delhi (1922)
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Delhi01922HD
The future Edward VIII enjoys a stately procession and visits the Taj Mahal before meeting senior Indian royalty....
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- 1933
Mysore Dasara (1933)
Mysore Dasara01933HD
The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration....
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- 1922
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Malakand, Kapurthala and Dehra Dun (1922)
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Malakand, Kapurthala and Dehra Dun01922HD
The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun...
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- 1916
Benares Chungking Ichang (1916)
Benares Chungking Ichang01916HD
Arresting early film images of both northern India and central and south western China....
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- 1921
Duke of Connaught's Indian Tour (1921)
Duke of Connaught's Indian Tour01921HD
The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal....
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- 1947
Delhi and The North (1947)
Delhi and The North01947HD
Grand buildings and missionary work come together in the 1947 Indian tour of construction magnate John W. Laing....
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- 1922
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Bombay, Poona, Baroda, Jodhpur and Bikaner (1922)
Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Bombay, Poona, Baroda, Jodhpur and Bikaner01922HD
The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples....
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- 1925
Indian Wildlife Park (1925)
Indian Wildlife Park01925HD
Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park....
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- 1916
Wonderful Temples of India (1916)
Wonderful Temples of India01916HD
A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods....
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- 1947
Local Scenes in India and the Taj Mahal (1947)
Local Scenes in India and the Taj Mahal01947HD
This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India....
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- 1903
State Entry into Delhi of Lord Curzon, the Viceroy (1903)
State Entry into Delhi of Lord Curzon, the Viceroy01903HD
Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903....
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