Film shot by Col. Sir Alister Ransford, showing various activities of the Royal Mint in Bombay.

"The Front Porch and Drive" [Colour faded]. Pan ext of building with a few people wandering. "Tennis Court. Mint Recreation Club". Europeans playing a doubles match. "In Mint Grounds" Pan of gardens, Bombay street in background. European children on swings in gardens with Indian nanny. Two Europeans talk in gardens outside Mint. "Mounting the Armed Police Force". Band marches up drive. "Gold from the Kolar Gold Fields Before & After Refining". Gold bars on trollys.[End of colour]. "The Silver Refinery. General view of silver and copper cells". Men working at the banks of cells. Scraping fine silver from cell. "Hydraulic pressing of Silver into Briquettes". Dark shot of same. "Fine Silver Bars eReadu for Sale". Pan of bricks. "Silver Sludge from refinery being tapped from blast furnace". Molten metal poured. "Blast furnace slag ..." Indians feed sieve. The operation of the sieve. "Silver contents of powdered slag recovered by James Table. Operation of table. "The Process of Coinage". Manufacture of 2 anna pieces.: passing into rolling machine; punching and waste being cut; pickling in acid; burnished blanks passed out; stamping the blanks; examination of boxes of coins; man working on die. "Striking gold medal in multiplying press". "The Weighing Department. Testing accuracy of standard liquid measure by weight. "The Assay Office". "In the Mint office". Two Europeans writing at office desk.