I. FIVE YEAR PLAN OF SOCIAL UPLIFT

I. FIVE YEAR PLAN OF SOCIAL UPLIFT - Sixty-nine years ago Mr Jinnah was born in Karachi. Sixty-thousand Karachi Muslims consider that a very good thing and they turned out to witness a two mile long procession through the streets of the city. Muslim national guards headed the parade, and they were followed by a camel cavalcade. When fifty camels had trotted past the cheering spectators, Karachi's citizens felt that spectacle had reached its height. Until they saw Mr Jinnah riding in a boat of flowers; nothing could equal that, so they turned their attention to examining the banners. Mr Jinnah had a look too, and apparently found everything as he would wish it. There must have been ghosts riding in the chariot beside him. Dadabhai Naoroji, for instance, the man who first saw signs of Jinnah's talents when he was a boy of seventeen. The cars of the ministers from the Muslim governed provinces were evidence of how far Jinnah had gone since those early days. The Muslim League met at the same time. There was a resolution tabled for a Committee to investigate how the league could help in Muslim social uplift. It was carried, and Mr Jinnah approved - provided, he said, he could be sure that its members were sincere, and not men of the type who only want publicity.

II. A BIG BLAZE AT BOMBAY

II. A BIG BLAZE AT BOMBAY - In this age of incendiary bombs fires aren't much new, but this one was. In fact it came into the category of Man Bites Dog, because it started to set light to Bombay's civil defence officers. The fire brigade got there, but the crowd got there first, and having got front seats, it wasn't going to give them up to a mere fireman. The police ultimately cleared a way for the fire engines, but not before eleven people had got tired of waiting and jumped out of the windows and, naturally, damaged themselves considerably in the process. Once there, the brigade did fine work. Crowd permitting.

III. HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJAH OF BIKANER VISITS INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

III. HIS HIGHNESS OF BIKANER VISITS INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST - Mr Casey recently told us that the Middle East is going to be the war's halfway house, a vast transit and supply camp. Here's the Ruler of Bikaner paying it a visit. It's worth taking a look round with him - supply bases are in the news - India's going to be one for the attack on Burma. His Highness began his tour with an inspection of an Indian armoured division. It's always surprising in these inspections how everybody always seems to know exactly where he's got to go. Well, there seems to be some little doubt this time. Tanks came next. Significant news recently was that the US has switched some of its tank-making plants over to consumer goods. There are now as many tanks as can possibly be needed. After some gunnery practice, His Highness saw a tank carrier in action. Tank tracks wear quickly, and carriers are required to get them up to battle areas. A ride in a Jeep, originally soberly called a GP vehicle - General Purpose - hence the famous nickname. After the machines, the men, and a word with a Sikh soldier. Then the traditional inspection of the kitchens. No double they're always spotless and in perfect order, but one can't help wondering what would happen if a distinguished visitor ever found a beetle in the soup. Next visit was a reminder that the Middle East wasn't always a base and a half way house. A dump of enemy weapons, and the Ruler of Bikaner tried out German weapons captured in the advance in North Africa. Mechanised war would have been a paper dream without radio - it's no use planning a fast advance if you can't keep each unit in touch. The portable radio was the answer. His Highness tried on the headphones, but probably NOT strictly in accordance with Army Regulations.

IV. A WORKERS' RALLY: INDIAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR

IV. A WORKER'S RALLY - INDIAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR - We're always talking of India's masses - here they are - a great, slow-moving human river - thousands of workers going to meet their leaders. With no more ceremony than a smile, M N Roy and Jamnadas Mehta enter the meeting place, behind them, workers for the workers, people for whom India's masses are not a phrase, but people with names. People with problems. Running up their flag, they turned straight to those problems, puzzles so huge that the only hope of solution lies in the future. Well, what of that future, they ask their leaders. Their leaders agreed - there was no future for the workers while Fascism was undefeated. Even with victory, workers must know what they want and ask for it with one voice. That's the lesson of history, and India's no privileged exception.

V. IN MEMORIAM: SIR SIKANDAR KYAT KHAN

V. IN MEMORIAM: SIR SIKANDAR HYAT KHAN - Possibly this is the best memorial that a man can leave behind him - the good opinion of his friends. Here, friends of the late Sikandar Hyat Khan gather to recall what sort of man he was, and what he meant to them. Sir Sikandar's son was there to receive those who had come to honour the memory of his famous father. The ceremony was simple. A blanket of flowers was placed upon the tomb, passages were read from the Holy Koran (Qu'ran). The sons of the dead statesman, and some of the many friends he gathered around him in the course of his crowded life.

VI. COLORADO CLARO WINS THE VICEROY'S CUP

VI. COLORADO CLARO WINS THE VICEROY'S CUP - Go racing by movie camera. You can watch other people losing their money in comfort 9that's a sport in itself). And it's the only safe way to beat the bookies. For instance, here at the Viceroy's Cup, at Calcutta. They're being led out and you can see how good your eye for a horse is, the last one was the actual winner. Just what you'd have said yourself is you'd been there? So would I. they're off and our horse is first away, and it's staying in the lead, right the way up the field. It's won. Colorado Claro, precisely as we said. The time wasn't anything special, but then neither were any of the other horses. In movie camera racing you can get a close view of the actual trophy, and a thought, too close a view of the horse.