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 ...
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" ...
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, ...
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 " ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Natural rubber production in Travancore.
As XXXIII Indian Corps pushes across ...
An interview, ...
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, ...
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, ...
