Movies: State visit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The King's first visit to Ireland's second city - where he unveils Belfast's iconic Queen Victoria statue....

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

A bright outlook in Birkenhead for a thriving British enterprise....

December 1981: Helmut Schmidt, chancellor of the FRG, visits the chairman of the state council of the GDR, Erich Honecker. The experiences with the visit of Willy Brandt in Erfurt in 1970 have warned the state leadership: Euphoria for a federal chanc...

Prince George, who later became the Duke of Kent, takes in some dramatic scenes in a local steelworks, opens a trunk road, and visits the War Memorial Hospital to open a new nurses' home - where his presence is eagerly awaited by giggling nurses....