Lord Munster, Under-Secretary of State for India makes a tour of welfare inspection of British troops in India.

Lord Munster seen arriving by car before inspecting the facilities of the Calcutta Swimming Club, which have been made available to British troops on leave. Lord Munster talking with the chairman and vice-chairman of the club. Three men play on a raft in the pool. Lord Munster talking with a number of other ranks at Liberator House, before departing by car.

Notes

By September 1944 a growing undercurrent of discontent amongst servicemen in India and Burma had led to a questions in Parliament about the provision of welfare services in the theatre. Consequently Lord Munster was despatched and after reporting his findings to Parliament more resources were allocated to welfare services in South East Asia Command, and more aircraft were made available to fly casualties home to the UK.

The cameraman of this piece, Flight Lieutenant Sidney Woodcock, was killed in action. He and his pilot, Flight Lieutenant J G Buchanan of RAF 110 Squadron, failed to return after a Mosquito sortie over Rangoon on 2 May 1945. They are buried in adjacent plots in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Rangoon War Cemetery.

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