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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Scenes at an Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' workshop of 123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division, and views of ...
In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the ...
Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.
An officer seen using a loud hailer. A ...
Unedited material on India showing local scenes and European educationalists or missionaries.
A welcoming committee of dignitaries for the arrival of a train. A procession through the streets with elephants. The groom ...
A ceremonial procession of elephants and carriages in a crowded street.
I. VICEROY VISITS EASTERN FRONT - Pictures of His Excellency The viceroy, Lord Linlithgow's flying visit to the ...
I. INDIA'S LAST TRIBUTE TO SIR SIKANDAR HYAT KHAN - Showing the funeral procession of Punjab's late Premier.
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I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation ...
I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...
I. "FIGHTING FOURTH WELCOMED HOME". At Karachi, Fourth Division return home after over six years of active service in the ...
I. "THE CABINET MISSION ARRIVES IN INDIA". The Cabinet Mission arrive to try and break the political deadlock in India. ...
I. "DEWAS SENIOR CELEBRATES VICTORY ON RULER'S VICTORY" Maharajah of Dewas presides at his own Durbar accompanied by the nobles ...
I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI
I. INDIAN AIR FORCE SQUADRON COMMANDERS FOREGATHER AT DELHI - ...
I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED
I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being ...
I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE
I. BOMBAY'S GENEROSITY IN A HUMANITARIAN CAUSE - A cheque is a ...
I. "MR. GANDHI RELEASED" Gandhi is released from the Aga Khan's palace after a year and a half. Initial scenes ...
I. "NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Touring members of the National Defence Council meet ...
I. "WEST AFRICAN'S ROLE IN INDIA'S DEFENCE" West African troops, "toughened by the toughest climate in the world", arrive in ...
I. "KHALSAS WINS M.U.C. GOLD CUP" The Gold Cup Final (soccer) in Madras is won by Khalsa College. The match ...
I. "RAILWAYS ENSURE SAFETY FIRST" A passenger train collision with a concrete block, placed across the line, is staged by ...
I. "THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE FOURTH BOMBAY GRENADIERS" The Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, arrives in Bombay ...
I. "THE EMIR OF KATSINA COMES TO INDIA TO SEE HIS WEST AFRICAN TROOPS" The Muslim Emir of Katsina (on ...