Simla Scenes: Indian Viceroy at Lahore

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Les Trains de tous les records

An urban train link, the RER B, crosses Paris and its outskirts from north to south. A journey within indistinct spaces known as inner cities and suburbs. Several portraits, all individual pieces that form a whole. We.

Colourful amateur film showing family outings around Lancashire and a trip to Southampton to meet travellers from America.

A fun tour of 1950s West End with international film star Yoko Tani.

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

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

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

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

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

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 race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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

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

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

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

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

A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.