4 minutes of 1912 India flexing harder than your Instagram feed ever could.
Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.
Production
1912 practical spectacle — real elephants, zero CGI anxiety.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1911 Delhi Durbar was the only time a reigning British monarch visited India — George V literally wore two crowns because why not.
Early actuality films like this were colonial propaganda distributed worldwide — cinema as empire's selfie stick before that was a thing.
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