Reel 1: "THE METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY PRESENTS" "WITH CHILDREN IN INDIA" "PHOTOGRAPHED BY REV. A. SIDWELL AND MRS JOHNSON". Europeans on beach with dogs. "INDIA - THE SEA MAY BE A BARRIER OR A BRIDGE" "INDIA---BRITAIN THE SEA SEPERATES US BUT..." European family on beach, building sandcastles, paddling in the sea. "WAS THAT A SEA-SIDE HOLIDAY IN BRITAIN?" "THE SAME SEA BUT DIFFERENT SHIPS---SO THIS IS INDIA". Fishermen pulling canoe out of sea, European family and friends on a rowing boat. Indian ship with traditional sail; ships docks. "BOATS ARE FEATURED IN FESTIVALS GIVING THANKS FOR OVERSEAS TRADE". Shots of floats and crowds. "INDIA LOVES PROCESSIONS". Crowds walk forwards. "THE CHURCH USES PROCESSIONS IN WITNESSING FOR CHRIST". Young Indian girls entering church, formal line-up. "OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE CHURCH STRANGE INSTRUMENTS MAKE STRANGE MUSIC". Band followed by crowd of children and mothers carrying infants. "THE GODS ARE VERY NEAR; EVEN DOVES ARE SACRED". Birds flying around square. "TO CHRIST ALL CHILDREN ARE SACRED". Groups of children of mixed ages, lady talking to mothers and children. Large group of children (wearing uniform?) with matching flat hats, praying. Close-up of group sitting. Boys playing rhythmic games with sticks. "THIS CHILD HAS JUST HAD AN OIL BATH". "THE PROBLEM OF THE MISSIONARY'S CHILD IS A BIG ONE". Child pushing walking frame. Families pose for photographs. Home life of the missionaries (talking, walking, taking tea on the lawn, swatting flies). Beside large building. "THERE ARE WEDDINGS". Bride arriving at church. Missionary life with baby and toddler in garden. Little boy gives baby flowers. Family walking in garden with small boy, picking flowers. "THERE ARE CHRISTENINGS". Crowd of Indian women and small boy walking to church. Minister baptises baby. "THE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS ARE GLORIOUS...BUT FOR THE MISSIONARY IT IS NOT ALL FLOWERS". Flowers and pond. Missionaries walk around garden, he carries a newspaper (The Planet). "THE MISSIONARY HAS TO SEND THE CHILDREN HOME - THE PRICE TO PAY IS SEPARATION". Small boy sitting, playing with bricks, other children bring towers. "THE TIME OF BUILDING BRICKS IS OVER, LIFE BUILDING MEANS GOODBYE TO ALL THAT". "INDIA'S CHILDREN ARE CALLING". Missionary with baby. "REV. J.J. ELLIS TEACHES CHILDREN TO SING `VICTORY TO THE GREAT KING JESUS'". Crowd clapping the beat. "CHILDREN LOVE ACTING! MISSIONARY CHILDREN ACT `PUSS IN BOOTS'". Children in garden performing the play. "INDIAN CHILDREN LOVE ACTING TOO. IT IS PARENTS DAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL". Games - Older children perform a nativity play, Indian girls dancing, rhythmic hitting of sticks. "CHRISTMAS DAY WITH ITS GIFTS IS A HAPPY DAY FOR INDIA'S CHILDREN". Dancing, distribution of presents. "THE WORK PROVIDES SPLENDID COLLEAGUES---REV AND MRS PAUL RANGARAMANUJAM - THEY MET AT A CONFERENCE". "TWO BRITISH MISSIONARIES - ONE IN CHINESE COSTUME ON HER WAY HOME FROM CHINA". On the veranda and steps.

Reel 2: "INDIA AND BRITAIN WORK SIDE BY SIDE IN A HINDU VILLAGE SINGING CHRISTIAN HYMNS". "DID YOU SEE THEM DRINKING FROM COCONUTS? LET US TRY AND GET ONE AND SOME PAPPOY FRUIT AS WELL". Native climbing a tree, cuts down coconuts, cuts away husk and gives it to a little girl. "OUT OF 370 MILLIONS ON[LY] 2 MILLION GIRLS AND 11 MILLION BOYS GO TO ANY SCHOOL - SPORTS DAY IN SCHOOL IS A GREAT DAY". Running races, pole vaulting, Hindus at prayer before games, overhead shot of town. "SPORTS OVER THEY GO HOME TO SIMPLE VILLAGE LIFE". Oxen-grinding wheel, planting rice, ploughing. "PRIMITIVE METHODS OF FARMING---DO YOU WONDER FAMINE COMES?" Threshing, building stacks, hand milling grain. "AN INGENIOUS METHOD OF IRRIGATION FOR WATERING CROPS. THE NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IS OBVIOUS." Trainees at school learning trades, including how to string furniture. "LIFE IS NOT ALL WORK. WE WATCH THE CONJUROR AND SNAKE CHARMER. TRAVEL TO THE VILLAGES IS NOT EASY WHEN WALKING". Undergrowth and water. "TRAVEL IS NOT EASY BY MOTOR". Car on dirt track - wading through river. "VILLAGERS COME TO THE RIVER TO WELCOME THE TRAVELLERS WITH DANCING AND MUSIC". "A NEW HOME IS TO BE BUILT OUT OF MUD - BUT THIS IS THE MATERIAL OF WHICH THE CHURCH IS BUILT". Indian child playing on doorstep. "CHRIST IS THE BEGINNING FOR THE END IS CHRIST". Communion service.