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

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

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

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

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

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

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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

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

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

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

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Captain Donald King is sent to India to carry out a secret mission while the Black Watch, his regiment, leaves for France at the outbreak of the...