18 minutes of royal colonial cosplay and horse races — the empire's greatest hits, unedited.
The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.
Production
Staggering access: real elephants, real troops, real Raj spectacle.
Director
George Woods-Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
George Woods-Taylor was a prolific director of British 'empire films' — this was essentially state-sponsored PR before the term existed.
The 1921 tour occurred during growing Indian independence movements; the film's cheery tone required aggressive editing of actual conditions.
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