I. FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE

I. FOOD FOR THE PEOPLE - Music: 'Nozze Di Figaro'. The Viceroy was in a hurry. He travelled by fast plane to Calcutta and cutting short the usual round of introductions at the airfield. He got down to business with Bengal's Governor even while they were walking away from the plane. 1943's mechanised army was soon called in to do battle against time, distance, and hunger. Bengal's people, ten of thousands of them in villages that could only be reached by trucks like these. Rumbling across the Hooghly, these army trucks are bridging the gap between life and death for many an Indian isolated in some tiny village, caught in the cold grip of the famine. When they arrived, villagers made the Victory sign. And it was a Victory that the army might well be proud of. Supply officers, trained in feeding an army under fire, were waiting to receive each arriving trucks, knowing that a wasted minute might be all that stands between victory and defeat - whether it's men of flesh and blood you're fighting, or, as here, the spectre of famine. One town has been saved; but the convoys pass on, to bring food and hope to other towns and villages far away, but not forgotten.

II. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

II. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN QUETTA - Music 'New Colonial March'. Quetta meant memories for the Commander-in-Chief as he made his way past the sentries on a recent visit. Charmingly received at the hospital door by a volunteer who cooks these men's meals for them in the way they like them cooked, General Auchinleck chatted with men who had been in action with him during those critical days in North Africa. The Gurkhas were there, too, bringing memories of the days between the wars, memories of parades to the skirl of Gurkha bagpipes, of gold badges and banners. There were memories of the days when he and his men saved Egypt when methods of fighting like these suddenly showed that they still had their place in the most mechanised war. There were decorations for long service, and decorations for gallantry, five of them for bravery on the historic battlefield of Bir Hakim. There was an OBI for Hashim Ali Khan. He's a Captain now. Twenty-six years ago he was in the ranks. Twenty-nine years' service is this man's record, and it's men like this that lay the foundations for those acts of incredible courage under fire, for which men like these are honoured.

III. A NEWS PARADE PANORAMA - THE PERIYAR LAKE

III. A NEWS PARADE PANORAMA - THE PERIYAR LAKE - Music: 'My Country ' Part I. We've often brought you pictures of the war, well, here's a panorama of peace. Some years ago the Travancore Government had the idea of making this beautiful country a reservation. It's a piece of our country that we've handed over to the animals. There's no shooting and killing allowed here. It looks very lovely, and if the civilised world ever gets another batch of totalitarian dictators, it might not be a bad idea to get oneself a couple of horns, like these bison have and take out naturalisation papers for the Periyar Lake. Elephants in their natural surroundings like this are a rare sight even in India. And here's one that's even more rare one of the most primitive races in the world. They are called Urallis and that way of carrying children is almost as old as the story of human motherhood, just as this way of threshing corn must have been one of the earliest discoveries in human history. All the same the men don't live in a state of complete bliss, even they have wives. Naturally there's a certain amount of danger at night from wild animals, so they build their houses in the tree tops. The Urallis are often invited to leave their reservation to come out and be civilised. They always say "No". And, all things considered, who can blame them.

IV. LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF HONOURED BY US GOVT.

IV. LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF HONOURED BY US GOVERNMENT - Music: 'Stars and Stripes'. Listening to the citation being read are Lord Louis Mountbatten and General Stilwell. The man they are honouring with the Distinguished Service medal is General Wedemeyer, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the South-East Asia Command. Well, that's a long title and a bit difficult to grasp, but the real point is that the US and British heads of the services are working closely together, planning what may turn out to be the biggest job of the war. And here's the British Commander-in-Chief congratulating his American Deputy Chief of Staff on a decoration awarded by the American Government. Anglo-American collaboration is giving the phrase 'Hands across the sea' a new and important meaning.

V. THE BURMA FRONT: ASSAMESE TROOPS OUTWIT JAP TACTICS

V. THE BURMA FRONT: ASSAMESE TROOPS OUTWIT JAP TACTICS - Music: 'Mountain King'. There's mud below and danger all around. It's No Man's Land with the Jap just round the corner. Something wrong there, "Ground Action" is the order. That's if they can find any ground. Heads Down! May be a Jap sniper's already got them fixed in the cross-wires of his rifle sight. No, no Japs, but there's no bridge either. The Japs have seen to that. No bridge, and a three and a half ton carrier to be got across the river. No bridge, but plenty of timber. They go about it in the simple way. They get one log, stick it up right in the stream, and then a second log. Another log to go across the top, and the bridge begins to look like a bridge. But it's the sort of thing a child might think of. Good enough to get a few men across, but this bridge has got to carry three and a half tons! Fast hard work, with ears cocked to the whine of a sniper's bullet, and a dozen engineering problems to solve as they go. The carrier tracks for an instance. They've got to have something to grip. Here's the answer, small logs, slotted down into a road, but still not solid enough for three and a half tons. Back to the Supply Base, and that's not very far. Just round the corner by the next clump of bamboos. And they don't go far for machinery either, a pair of skilful hands is all they need. And its brilliant skill, too, because what they are doing here is to weave a road, even the layman can begin to see that something very like a bridge is growing every minute. But will it hold those three and a half tons? With men still working at he final touches, the carrier rumbles over. It's an anxious moment. But no, the bridge stands as firm as concrete. Three and a half tons of moving machinery, and the whole job was done in three and a half hours. They're using the jungle itself to beat the Japs.