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I. AIR COMMODORE H H THE NAWAB OF BHOPAL RECEIVED HIS ROYAL WARRANT OF COMMISSION

I. AIR COMMODORE H H THE NAWAB OF BHOPAL RECEIVED HIS ROYAL WARRANT OF COMMISSION - From September 1939 ...

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I. LIVE STOCK BREEDING AND AGRICULTURE TO THE FORE IN JACOBABAD

I. LIVE STOCK BREEDING AND AGRICULTURE TO THE FORE IN JACOBABAD - You either know about horses or you don't. But if you're in ...

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I. PATIALA PROMOTES WARMINDEDNESS

I. PATIALA PROMOTES WARMINDEDNESS - Going round the war exhibition with the maharajah of Patiala and the Commander-in-Chief a question springs to mind. What ...

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I. NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WOMAN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICES

I. NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICES - Almost certainly this is the only building entirely devoted to women's work in ...

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I. CEYLON VISITED BY HMS CEYLON

I. CEYLON VISITED BY HMS CEYLON - What's in a name? an exciting afternoon when His Majesty's Cruiser Ceylon sails into harbour in the island she's named after. ...

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I. ALIGARH UNIVERSITY'S 1000 OFFICERS FOR THE INDIAN FIGHTING SERVICES

I. ALIGARH UNIVERSITY'S 1000 OFFICERS FOR THE INDIAN FIGHTING SERVICES - It was the first time that General Auchinleck ...

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I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED

I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being loaded with precious food grains. Mr Casey, Bengal's new ...

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I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE

I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE - A cheque is a dull-looking object, so Bombay's Red Cross Committee put this one in a silver ...

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I. ARMY TRUCKS RALLY TO RAILWAY'S RESCUE

I. ARMY TRUCKS RALLY TO RAILWAY'S RESCUE - Empty Army lorries, you've often seen them and may be you've often had the same idea as the railways, why ...

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I. ALL INDIA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND POST WAR PLANS

I. ALL INDIA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND POST WAR PLANS - With Mrs Naidu leading the opening procession, the Women's conference began one of its ...

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I. HONOURING A MEMORY - MAJOR GENERAL WINGATE

I. HONOURING A MEMORY - MAJOR GENERAL WINGATE - He carried a copy of the bible with him into battle and fittingly, his memorial service was held ...

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I. "BENGALI NEW YEAR" Scenes of New Year Celebrations in Bengal. Mrs Casey (wife of Governor Richard Gardiner Casey) is amongst the spectators attending the ceremony which involve an altar, a "Gateway for the years" and much ...

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I. "MR. GANDHI RELEASED" Gandhi is released from the Aga Khan's palace after a year and a half. Initial scenes of correspondents standing at the palace gates, but, "as Mr Aney explained to enquiring journalists, Mr Gandhi ...

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I. "INDIAN ENGINEERS HELPED BY ITALIAN PEASANTS IN REPAIRING NAZI DAMAGE" Indian engineers, clearing up "the mess that Mussolini's Second Roman Empire has left behind" are aided by Italian peasants. The Indians construct a ...

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I. "ENGINEERS FIGHT BENGAL'S FAMINE AREAS WITH NEW IRRIGATION" Scenes of a twin Diesel engine mechanical pump, pumping eight hundred gallons of water per minute through irrigation channels to paddy fields, lying high above ...

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I. "T.S. CHOCKALINGHAM LAUNCHES A NEW DAILY: 'DINASARI' INAUGURATED" Chockalingham launches the new Tamil daily newspaper "Dinasari" at a meeting. The newspaper will not be run for profit but will be "turned into a trust for ...

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I. "ORGANIZED MEASURES ENSURE FOODGRAINS IN PLENTY" Scenes showing the delivery and distribution of Government grain in a village Co-operative society, where "it's distributed at a fair price to all who need it, share and ...

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I. "NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Touring members of the National Defence Council meet Indian troops, the "good soldiers", in the Middle East. The Honourable Syed Miran Mohammed Shah ...

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I. "BENGAL LOSES A DISTINGUISHED SON: SIR PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY" Tribute to the life of Sir P C Ray, teacher, scientist and philanthropist. Commentary notes his discovery of a new compound in chemistry "but he did not rest ...

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I. "MODERN SCIENCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE SUN GOD" Devotees of the sun at a Solarium, a twentieth-century "temple of the sun". Scenes of children and the sick receiving treatment from the electric sunlight of the solarium. The ...

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I. "WEST AFRICAN'S ROLE IN INDIA'S DEFENCE" West African troops, "toughened by the toughest climate in the world", arrive in Burma for jungle warfare training and assault courses. They then fight the enemy for six months ...

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I. "KHALSAS WINS M.U.C. GOLD CUP" The Gold Cup Final (soccer) in Madras is won by Khalsa College. The match is stopped after fighting breaks out between players, and then spectators. The award of the trophy is postponed; ...

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I. "CHINESE CELEBRATE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF RESISTANCE TO JAPAN" Chinese children lead the procession in Calcutta, marking resistance to Japan. Commentary notes that "China had a revolution to give these children a better ...

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I. "ST. DUNSTAN'S IN INDIA" Colonel Sir Clutha Mackenzie greets Sir Maurice Hallett at Dehra Dun's new home for war blinded Indian Soldiers. The hostel "is run along the lines of its famous namesake in London, where men are ...

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I. "RAILWAYS ENSURE SAFETY FIRST" A passenger train collision with a concrete block, placed across the line, is staged by rail officials in India. Scenes of the crash in slow motion. Commentary notes "the greatest single ...

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I. "THE RAINS CAME TO KARACHI" Monsoon rainstorms hit Karachi. Scenes of children playing in rain, citizens wading through streets and Army drivers moving along flooded roads.

II. "NOURISH THE LAND TO GROW MORE FOOD" ...

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I. "V.A.D. NURSES NOW IN INDIA" Lady Colville and daughter welcome the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) to India from England, "the girls that beat the blitz". Mother and daughter discuss the flying bomb with the girls. Later, ...

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I. "SHOWING THE WAY TO MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING" Professor Wadia shows a party of VADs (Voluntary Aid Detachments) from London, led by Ambulance Sister Miss Colville, some of the ruins from previous wars. Commentary states that " ...

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I. "GALLANTRY REWARDED" Sir Andrew Clow gives the Indian Distinguished Service Medal (IDSM) to an aunt of Sepoy Wellington Mazaar of Shillong, a man who volunteered to get himself infected with the deadly disease Kala-Azar, ...

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I. "GANDHI AND JINNAH NEGOTIATE FOR COMMUNAL UNITY" Gandhi arrives in white car from Birla House to Jinnah's residence, a short distance away on Malabar Hill, in Bombay. The house is surrounded by war correspondents. Jinnah ...

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I. "WACIs ALSO SERVE WITH THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY" Members of the WACI (Women's Army Corps of India) work as cipher clerks for the RIN (Royal Indian Navy). "These women keep secrets", states the commentary, "that's supposed to ...

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I. "SHARK FISHING IN MADRAS WATERS" Madras fishermen go shark hunting in a catamaran made of logs tied together with rope and a sail. Boat is ridden out over the breaking waves. A wounded shark is caught and is used to snare ...

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I. "FIVE GOALS TO THREE - ENGLAND VS SCOTLAND AT THE IRWIN STADIUM" Viceroy Lord Wavell watches England vs Scotland match at the Irwin Stadium. Among the Scottish players were Winters of Glasgow Rangers, MacEwan of Queen's ...

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I. "THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE FOURTH BOMBAY GRENADIERS" The Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, arrives in Bombay aboard a modern transport plane, carrying the new colours for the ...

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I. "THE ROVERS CUP FINAL" Rovers Cup Trophy match between the British Reinforcement Camp and the WIAA staff. The Camp won 3 - 1, with forward Pullen scoring a hat trick.

II. "REWARDS FOR RECRUITING" Chattisgarh in the ...

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I. "NAVY DAY IN INDIA" Governor of Bombay meets Admiral Godfrey of the Royal Indian Navy for the Navy Day Parade in Bombay. Nelson's "famous signal" is hoisted although commentary notes that a more appropriate signal would be ...

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I. "FARMERS OF TOMORROW" Commentary of film notes need for victory. "Not on the battlefield, but in the fields that grow India's food. That victory, too, must be a total one." Modern ploughs are depicted that "will change the ...

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I. "THE EMIR OF KATSINA COMES TO INDIA TO SEE HIS WEST AFRICAN TROOPS" The Muslim Emir of Katsina (on the Gold Coast in northern Nigeria) visits Delhi's Jami Masjid mosque, introduced by the Maulvi. The Emir views mortars, ...

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I. "SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY FIRE TEMPLE CELEBRATES A CENTENARY" Scenes of a Parsee ceremony with burning flame, symbol of the Parsee faith, in a Parsee temple at Poona. Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, the Sixth Baronet, presents ...

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I. "THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE" Mrs Casey (wife of the Governor of Bengal) visits a boys' orphanage in Calcutta. Scene of Mrs Casey handing out sweets to boys. Commentary notes that "British women in India ...

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I. "MUSLIMS WIN BOMBAY PENTANGULAR TOURNAMENT FINAL" Cricket veteran Hardstaff comments "I don't remember a more thrilling match in my life" in response to the Hindu-Muslim cricket encounter in Bombay. Featured players ...

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I. "VISCOUNTESS WAVELL'S INSPIRATION TO THE WOMEN OF INDIA" Women's Voluntary Services of India and Central Committee of India meet Lady Wavell at Viceroy's House for conference. Also attending are Mrs Godfrey, Honorary ...

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I. "MOTOR CAR INDUSTRY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ON WAR PRODUCTION" Sheriff of Bombay Fazal Rahimtoola and Sir Sultan Chinoy show the Governor of Bombay how the Indian Motor Industry is dealing with war demand. Commentary notes how ...

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Natural rubber production in Travancore.

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As XXXIII Indian Corps pushes across ...

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TRAVELOGUE. Jaipur is the "Pink City" and the capital of Rajasthan in India. This travelogue shows the State Parade including armoured elephants and the State Coach; craftsmen at work producing hammered brass trays and ornamental pieces, ...

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After the abandonment of the Japanese assault on Imphal, British and Indian troops of 5th Indian Division are seen advancing south on the Tiddim Road, ...